The FDA granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for an updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccineopens in a new tab or window to protect against hospitalization and death from circulating variants. [MedPageToday]

The protein-based shot represents a non-mRNA option for the 2024-2025 season, and follows the agency's recent approvals and authorizations of the updated Moderna (Spikevax) and Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) vaccinesopens in a new tab or window.

"The COVID-19 vaccines have had a tremendous positive impact on public health and vaccination continues to be the most effective method for COVID-19 prevention," said Peter Marks, MD, PhD, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research in the announcement.

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