Researchers are looking into the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines which may take a different form than the shots currently available. All three drug companies — Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson — that have received authorization for their vaccines by the Food and Drug Administration are working on booster shots.
“With many vaccines, we understand that at a certain point we need to boost, whether that’s 9 months, 12 months, And we are preparing for that,” said Dr. David Kessler, chief science officer for the government’s COVID-19 response, according to CBS News.
Boosters may be combined with the annual flu shot like many of the vaccines used to immunize children against multiple diseases. Vaccine makers are also planning to tweak newer versions to address the most contagious variants that can cause severe illness.
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