New COVID vaccine targeting variants are weighed in for the Fall Booster campaign

Advisors to US health regulators are due to meet on Tuesday to consider whether COVID-19 vaccines should be updated to better target circulating variants of the coronavirus in preparation for the fall booster-shot campaign.

The Food and Drug Administration’s advisory panel, which includes doctors and public-health experts, is expected to vote later in the day whether to recommend updating covid-19 vaccines To target the Omicron version.