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Second J&J COVID shot gets expert backing; FDA looking at lowering age for Pfizer booster

United States · October 15, 2021 · 9:27 PM UTC

Outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday unanimously recommended the agency authorize a second shot of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine for all recipients of the one-dose inoculation.

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