FDA approves new Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

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Source: Axios

4 hours ago


The Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna's next-generation COVID-19 vaccine for adults 65 and older and those 12 to 64 years old with at least one underlying condition that could put them at risk of severe infection, the company said Saturday.

The big picture: It was the first such approval since FDA tightened COVID vaccine standards and required drugmakers to conduct more studies before approving updated shots for healthy adults under 65.

Regulators under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are putting new restrictions on COVID vaccines, including no longer recommending them for healthy children and healthy pregnant women.

What they're saying: Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said in a news release "COVID-19 remains a serious public health threat, with more than 47,000 Americans dying from the virus last year alone."

He said the approval "adds an important new tool to help protect people at high risk of severe disease from COVID-19."
Moderna expects to have the vaccine, called mNEXSPIKE, available for the 2025-2026 respiratory virus season

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/31/fda-approves-moderna-mnexspike-covid-19-vaccine

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I will try to get that this fall wherever I end up with as a pharmacy (I know not all carry all the various versions). I was at my Rite Aid where I have had scripts going back probably 45+ years when my current pharmacy's location went through a series of buyouts (it was a Thrift Drug, then Eckerd's, and finally Rite Aid) this past week and the pharmacy staff said that they had heard nothing at all from corporate about their disposition or where our scripts would be transferred.

[ananda]

1. Looks like it will be available in September if..

that's what the new flu-respiratory season means.

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2. Good news for geezers like me, as long as RFuckingK Jr. doesn't change his mind before the 2025-2026

respiratory virus season.

[LostOne4Ever]

3. Will this be available in Canada?

I plan to do some medical tourism there this fall if so!

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4. Last year they approved that year's (2024) version of Spikevax

https://news.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2024/Moderna-Receives-Health-Canada-Approval-For-Updated-COVID-19-Vaccine-Targeting-KP.2-Variant-Of-SARS-COV-2-For-Ages-Six-Months-And-Older-/default.aspx

So you might be able to confirm if this latest is approved some time before the fall.

Their latest listing - https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/covid19-industry/drugs-vaccines-treatments/vaccines.html

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. I like the higher does Moderna Vaccine

My oldest child was in the Pfzier clinical trial (he was is the real vaccine groups) and is now taking the Moderna vaccine because of the higher dose of active ingredients

[BumRushDaShow]

6. I have had 7 shots since they were available here (including some boosters)

and all were Moderna. My sisters and one BIL had Pfizer but the other BIL had Moderna the first go-around (although he had a strong reaction to it so I don't know if he got that again for the next round or switched).

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8. My youngest has a bad reaction to Moderna

I am up to 9 or 10 shots which have been all Moderna. My oldest was in the Pfzier trial and got me into an antibody trial which showed that I had a low level. My doctors had me take another shot and the next antibody test showed a good antibody level.

My youngest child was an election judge for the 2020 election and came down with COVID. My youngest had bad reactions to the second Moderna shot including a 101-degree fever. Since then, she takes the Pfzier vaccine and has a more manageable reaction.

I may be jinxing myself but I am the only member of my family who has not had COVID

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Thanks! All of mine have been Moderna, since that was what was available near me

Though I had to go to the next county to get the first two - When CVS started offering them near me, they were overwhelmed, so I had to go to the CVS in the next county. Previously, the vaccine was only available on the other side of the state!