First, links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. — MCM

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CDC endorses updated COVID boosters, shots to begin soon, by Lauran Neergaard | AP  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed updated COIVD-19 boosters, opening the way for a fall vaccination campaign that could blunt a winter surge if enough Americans roll up their sleeves. The new boosters targeting today’s most common omicron strains should begin arriving in pharmacies and clinics within days. The decision by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky . . . READ MORE . . .

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CDC recommends new booster shots to fight omicron. Reported by Jane Greenhalgh and Rob Stein | NPR  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed the first updated COVID-19 booster shots. The decision came Thursday, just hours after advisers to the CDC voted to recommend reformulated versions of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines. . . .”The updated COVID-19 boosters are formulated to better protect against the most recently circulating COVID-19 variant,” said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . . .  Click HERE to listen and read.

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CDC director answers questions about the new COVID boosters. Steve Inskeep of NPR speaks with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about the CDC’s authorization of new omicron-specific booster shots. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.

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