When will the new COVID shots be available—and when should you get one?

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COVID hasn’t taken the summer off, and with the usual winter surge looming, the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved new vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna.

A third shot, from Novavax, has yet to be approved, but health officials are suggesting people get this shot (which is no longer called a booster) as the number of people testing positive continues to rise and hospitalizations are increasing as well.