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What You Need to Know About Moderna’s New ‘Bivalent’ Covid Vaccine

The shot engineered to take on world’s most widespread strain

Photographer: Hannah Beier/Bloomberg
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Moderna Inc. has just received approval from the UK for a Covid-19 booster shot that targets omicron, the version of the virus that’s now the world’s most widespread. The snappily-named Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron has been given the green light for use in the UK and is expected to be rolled out in other countries soon.

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