New COVID Boosters: What We Know About Them and Who Especially Needs One

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Adults who haven't gotten the new booster yet have options: You can choose either Moderna's or Pfizer and BioNTech's bivalent formulas. Adults who don't want either might be able to get Novavax as a booster instead. 

Here's what we know about the updated boosters.

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New boosters add limited protection against Covid-19 illness, first real-world study shows | CNN Updated Covid-19 boosters that carry instructions to arm the body against currently circulating Omicron subvariants offer some protection against infections, according to the first study to look at how the boosters are performing in the real world. However, the protection is not as high as that provided by the original vaccine against earlier coronavirus variants, the researchers say. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Masking up, testing, sanitizing: Staying safe this Thanksgiving with COVID-19, flu and RSV This year's holiday happenings risk attracting some unwelcome guests, as respiratory viruses and the coronavirus could find fertile ground to spread, especially in crowded indoor settings. Los Angeles Times

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