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FDA advisers recommend using same strain for initial COVID vaccine and boosters

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Published: Jan 26, 2023, 21:52 UTC

(Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday unanimously voted in favor of using the same coronavirus strain for the initial COVID-19 vaccine doses and the boosters, to simplify the vaccination regimen in the United States.

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(Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday unanimously voted in favor of using the same coronavirus strain for the initial COVID-19 vaccine doses and the boosters, to simplify the vaccination regimen in the United States.

(Reporting by Leroy Leo in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)

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