Each fall, updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccines come out around the same time as the annual flu shot. And just like the flu shot, these updated COVID vaccines are formulated to protect against ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccines for anyone age 65 and older and any person 6 months and older who has at least one underlying health condition that increases ...

What Strain(s) Will The Vaccines Protect Against? The updated vaccines will target the JN.1 lineage of COVID-19, using the LP.8.1 strain. This lineage is a descendant of the Omicron variant of the ...

A pharmacy advertises the COVID-19 vaccine in March 2025 in New York City. Health correspondent As COVID-19 continues to circulate, questions remain about how to protect yourself in 2025. Should you ...

Looking to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster for yourself or your child this fall? It may be a bit more complicated than just making an appointment. In August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) advisory committee on vaccines this week will consider whether to change the ...

New FDA approval language for COVID-19 vaccines is sowing confusion about which conditions put people at greater risk for severe disease and who can avoid the inconvenience and cost of off-label ...

Walensky is a professor at Harvard Medical School and served as the 19th director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Once clinical trials showed that Covid-19 vaccines were safe and ...

Both the seasonal flu vaccine and the updated COVID-19 vaccine are recommended annually for nearly everyone ages 6 months and older to prevent severe respiratory illness, hospitalizations, and death.