Everything you need to know about the Omicron COVID booster

The FDA just approved updated jabs from Moderna and Pfizer.

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The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 boosters.

On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized updates to both Moderna and Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccines.

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The updated boosters are “bivalent,” meaning they provide protection from the original COVID-19 strain and the Omicron variant.

Heading into fall, this is super important.

Omicron is behind most of the current COVID cases in the U.S.

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