FDA Proposes Annual Covid-19 Vaccinations

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Most people would get one Covid-19 shot annually—as they do with the flu shot—under Food and Drug Administration proposals for simplifying the nation’s Covid-19 vaccine procedures.

The drug regulator also proposed that people getting vaccinated for the first time receive vaccines that target both Omicron and the original strain of the coronavirus.

The proposals, outlined in materials the FDA released Monday, would mark the biggest changes to Covid-19 vaccinations since boosters rolled out and are a sign of the nation’s shift to a more endemic-like approach to the coronavirus.

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The annual plan would make Covid-19 vaccinations more like annual flu shots. Advisers would meet every June to select the Covid-19 shot best able to match strains they expect to circulate in the fall, similar to how influenza vaccines are chosen.

The vaccines wouldn’t undergo rigorous clinical trials before being selected, just as influenza vaccines don’t. People could get the Covid-19 shots starting in September.

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