U.S. renews push for COVID boosters as data show they protect
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, , AP Medical Writer,
Published: November 22, 2022, 12:35pm
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Americans who got the updated COVID-19 booster shots are better protected against symptomatic infection than those who haven’t — at least for now, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
Updated boosters rolled out by Pfizer and rival Moderna in September have been a hard sell for vaccine-weary Americans. Only about 13% of U.S.
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