CDC recommends new COVID booster for all Americans over 6 months amid rising cases, hospitalizations - ABC News
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The CDC recommended that all Americans aged 6 months and older receive the new COVID booster that targets currently circulating variants.
The booster could be available as early as this week.
It comes just a day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized and approved the new shot.
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