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FDA Weighing Dose of Moderna Covid-19 Booster

Vaccine maker has asked agency to authorize booster at half the dose given in the first two shots.

FDA Weighing Dose of Moderna Covid-19 Booster

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Some in the government are leaning toward authorizing the 100 microgram dose, the people said, because of concerns a lower-dose booster might not offer a durable enough boost to counterfast-changing variants of Covid-19.\nNo final decision has been made, the people said, as the FDA is still reviewing data from studies that tested boosters using the different doses. 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