Omicron-Specific Booster Shots Are Available Now

If Covid infections recur this winter, a vaccine is the best protection

Author created illustration; Moderna image by Guido Hofmann, Pfizer image by Jesse Paul on Unsplash

The FDA approved the bivalent formulations of the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine as a single booster dose on August 31, 2022. The updated "bivalent" boosters contain two messenger RNA (mRNA) components of the SARS-CoV-2 virus…