The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and its partner BioNTech as well as from Moderna as the country prepares to start a fall vaccination campaign. A third vaccine from Novavax is also under review. During the last re-vaccination campaign, when most Americans had either already had the COVID virus or been previously vaccinated, only around 56.5 million people got the updated booster shots, according to federal data.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and its partner BioNTech as well as from Moderna as the country prepares to start a fall vaccination campaign. A third vaccine from Novavax is also under review. During the last re-vaccination campaign, when most Americans had either already had the COVID virus or been previously vaccinated, only around 56.5 million people got the updated booster shots, according to federal data.
California is threatening to defund more than 600 schools after the establishments were found to have low vaccination rates for students or did not properly file vaccination reports.
The recent measles outbreak in the United States has become more concerning as authorities revealed that there are roughly 250,000 children who are not vaccinated against the disease.