SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 17: A vial of the COVID-19 booster vaccine is shown to media at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds Expo Hall in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
The original COVID-19 vaccine formula introduced in December 2020 should be retired and replaced entirely with the updated mix tailored to recent virus variants, an FDA expert panel urged in a unanimous vote this week.
The Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee was asked to consider whether to recommend a single vaccine composition for all situations, the so-called bivalent formula based