FDA panel recommends COVID-19 vaccine update as virus evolves

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Vaccines targeting new COVID-19 variants are likely to arrive this fall after an advisory panel voted to recommend that vaccines be updated.The FDA advisory panel says COVID-19 vaccines should be updated to protect the population against the evolving virus.“With the waning of vaccine efficacy, and the confluence of risk this fall, we need to make a move,” one FDA advisory panel member said.Another FDA advisory panel member explained “this gives us t