
An updated COVID-19 vaccine was approved Monday by the FDA and will soon be available to all Chicagoans once the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gives the go-ahead, health officials say.
The new vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna were specifically created to cover the latest subvariants circulating in the United States, including XBB.1.5 and EG.5, said Dr. Geraldine Luna, medical director for the Chicago Department of Public Health.