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Hy-Vee pharmacies receive updated COVID vaccines

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RSV vaccine recommended during pregnancy as a second option to protect newborns

The recommendation comes a month after the CDC recommended another option: lab-made antibodies given to infants younger than 8 months as way to prevent severe RSV.
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Updated COVID boosters delivered this week

As COVID hospitalizations rise in the US, the CDC is rolling out an updated COVID vaccine for anyone above six months old.
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CDC approving FDA decision for next round COVID boosters

For Americans six months old and older, the CDC is recommending getting updated COVID boosters.
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Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine

CDC advisers endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months and older and the agency's director quickly signed off Tuesday on the panel's recommendation.
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FDA announces this week recommendations for COVID boosters

As COVID-19 hospitalizations increase in recent weeks, the FDA is approving updated COVID boosters. With FDA approval, the decision heads to the CDC.
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Moderna releasing updated COVID booster shot, combat new Omicron subvariant

The Omicron subvariant, named Pirola, is causing alarm due to the number of mutations. Cases in Iowa and Illinois have jumped 20% since last week.
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The CDC did not say a new COVID strain is not more contagious among vaccinated than unvaccinated people

Social media posts claim that the CDC said a new COVID subvariant is more contagious in vaccinated people than in unvaccinated people. That’s false.
Your Health

COVID vaccine targeting omicron strain due this fall

Three pharmaceutical companies say they are ready to change the formula, with Pfizer anticipating doses ready by next month.
Health

FDA panel approves RSV vaccine for infants up to two years old

“If we can keep patients out of the hospital, it’s better for them, better for their health," said Dr. Jeff Brock with MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center.
Health

1 in 3 people to develop shingles in their lifetime

The same virus that causes chicken pox can stay inactive in the body and reactivate years later to cause shingles. Most common in adults, but kids can get it too.
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US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week

The move marks the latest display of how President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to treat COVID-19 as a routine, endemic illness.