US renews push for Covid boosters as new study shows they offer greater protection; Fauci holds last briefing

Updated COVID boosters offer better protection than original -U.S. study Updated COVID-19 boosters offer increased protection against new coronavirus subvariants in people who have previously received up to four doses of the older vaccine, based on data from the first study to assess how the retooled shots are faring in the real world, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Reuters Reuters

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The study of more than 360,000 people compared updated boosters from Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE) and Moderna (MRNA.O) that target both the original virus and Omicron BA.4/5 coronavirus subvariants with their earlier COVID-19 vaccines. The data was published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. ...

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