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FDA on the cusp of new booster shot authorizations

Published October 18, 2021 at 10:06 AM PDT

The Food and Drug Administration is deliberating new booster shot authorization, after already approving a third Pfizer vaccine.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young discusses the implications, and new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention holiday guidance, with public health expert and emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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