FDA authorizes Moderna vaccine booster shots for all adults

FDA authorizes Moderna vaccine booster shots for all adults

(Reuters) – Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended the emergency use authorization of a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine to all adults aged 18 and older.

A health care worker fills up a syringe with a dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for a booster shot at the vaccination reference center at the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI) in Zurich, Switzerland November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Reporting by Manojna Maddipatla in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur

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