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The Guardian - US
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Jessica Glenza and Marina Dunbar

FDA advisers recommend Covid vaccine updates to target new strains

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Marty Makary, the commissioner of the FDA. Photograph: Chris Kleponis/EPA

The Food and Drug Administration’s advisory committee unanimously recommended that newest vaccines for Covid should be updated to target a variant of strains currently on the rise, during a meeting on Thursday – the first since the Trump administration took office.

The meeting focused on selecting a Covid strain to target in upcoming vaccines as well as formalizing new FDA rules that limit vaccine access to Americans.

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