CNBC June 12, 2024
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A new round of Covid shots will likely reach Americans in the coming months. Here’s what we know about the newest vaccines so far.
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday advised vaccine manufacturers to develop monovalent Covid shots targeting a highly contagious strain of the virus called JN.1 for use in the U.S. starting this fall.
Omicron variant JN.1 first emerged in the U.S. last summer and became the dominant strain in circulation by January. But the strain accounted for only around 3% of all new U.S. cases as of Saturday, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Several spinoffs of...
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