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  1. What to Know About the New Covid Shots

    The updated shots are now available in the U.S. Here’s who should get them and what to expect.

     By Knvul Sheikh

    CreditKenny Holston for The New York Times

    3. A Century-Old Vaccine Fails to Protect Against Covid

      Early in the pandemic, scientists began testing an old TB vaccine against the coronavirus. But the trial enrolled fewer participants than expected as new Covid vaccines were introduced, and no discernible effect was found.

       By Roni Caryn Rabin

      In the early days of the pandemic, when there were no effective treatments for Covid and a new vaccine seemed a distant fantasy, health care workers were enrolled in a trial and inoculated with an old TB vaccine.
      In the early days of the pandemic, when there were no effective treatments for Covid and a new vaccine seemed a distant fantasy, health care workers were enrolled in a trial and inoculated with an old TB vaccine.
      CreditChaideer Mahyuddin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  1. U.S. Authorizes a New Round of Covid Boosters

    Older Americans and those with weakened immune systems, groups still particularly vulnerable to the virus, may receive additional shots of the reformulated vaccine, federal officials said.

     By Apoorva Mandavilli

    The C.D.C. said only about 43 percent of adults 65 and older had received their first booster shot.
    CreditKenny Holston for The New York Times

  2. F.D.A. Plans to Allow a Second Updated Covid Booster for Vulnerable Americans

    Federal regulators plan to authorize an additional dose for seniors and immunocompromised people in the coming weeks, ahead of the introduction of a newly formulated booster later in the year.

     By Noah Weiland and Sharon LaFraniere

    The decision reflects the Biden administration’s ongoing concerns about the durability of protection against the virus for those Americans most at risk.
    CreditKim Raff for The New York Times

  3. Should You Get Another Covid Booster?

    Britain and Canada have authorized another round of booster shots for older and immunocompromised citizens. So far, U.S. officials haven’t followed suit.

     By Apoorva Mandavilli

    A woman receiving a fourth shot in September in Phoenix. While a Covid infection can be a matter of inconvenience for some, it can spell severe disease, hospitalization and death for older adults and immunocompromised people.
    CreditAsh Ponders for The New York Times

  4. AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine May Have Posed a Higher Heart Risk for Young Women, Study Shows

    A new analysis examined deaths in Britain, where the company’s product was restricted in 2021 because of safety concerns.

     By Apoorva Mandavilli

    Preparing a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at a temporary site in the City Hall of Hull in northeast England.
    CreditOli Scarff/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  5. Vaccine Makers Kept $1.4 Billion in Prepayments for Canceled Covid Shots for the World’s Poor

    Separately, Johnson & Johnson is demanding additional payment for unwanted shots, confidential documents show.

     By Stephanie Nolen and Rebecca Robbins

    Nepalese health workers prepared Covid vaccines, obtained through the Covax program, for storage in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2021.
    CreditNarendra Shrestha/EPA, via Shutterstock

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