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Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data Friday indicating that the newer two-strain Covid booster shots provide substantial protection against illness and hospitalization, even in the previously vaccinated.

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it will convene an advisory hearing next month to discuss what vaccines should look like going forward, including whether people who have never received any Covid vaccines should receive the bivalent as their first.

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