{"id":11706,"date":"2024-08-22T17:35:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T17:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=11706"},"modified":"2024-08-22T18:24:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T18:24:42","slug":"new-covid-vaccines-what-to-know-about-efficacy-access-and-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=11706","title":{"rendered":"New Covid Vaccines: What to Know about Efficacy, Access and Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">We asked experts about the right time to get a shot, and how long protection will last.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Food and Drug Administration <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/22\/health\/covid-booster-vaccines.html\" title>approved updated Covid-19 vaccines<\/a> on Thursday, paving the way for the shots to soon land in pharmacies, doctors\u2019 offices and health centers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said it will recommend that adults and children six months and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/covid-19\/clinical-considerations\/interim-considerations-us.html\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">older get updated vaccines<\/a>. Here\u2019s what to know.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-2326425b\">How are the new shots different?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The F.D.A. approved one vaccine from Pfizer and one from Moderna. Representatives from the drug companies said that their shots were ready to ship immediately after approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Both vaccines target KP.2, a strain of the coronavirus that started to spread widely this spring. The variants that are most prevalent in the United States right now are very similar to KP.2, and so the vaccines should protect against them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"lazy-loader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhen the match is very good, as we anticipate it would be with the current circulating strains, you get actual protection from infection for several months,\u201d said Dr. Paul Sax, the clinical director of the division of infectious diseases at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital in Boston.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The vaccine that rolled out last fall, by contrast, was geared at an older variant that has since petered out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said it will recommend that adults and children six months and older get updated vaccines. Here\u2019s what to know.How are the new shots different?The F.D.A. approved one vaccine from Pfizer and one from Moderna. Representatives from the drug companies said that their shots were ready to ship immediately after approval.Both vaccines target KP.2, a strain of the coronavirus that started to spread widely this spring. The variants that are most prevalent in the United States right now are very similar to KP.2, and so the vaccines should protect against them.\u201cWhen the match is very good, as we anticipate it would be with the current circulating strains, you get actual protection from infection for several months,\u201d said Dr. Paul Sax, the clinical director of the division of infectious diseases at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital in Boston.The vaccine that rolled out last fall, by contrast, was geared at an older variant that has since petered out.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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