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A Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a pharmacy in Cypress, Texas on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Fall 2023 vaccination season is in full swing, with health officials in the U.S. urging both an updated COVID-19 shot and flu vaccine for most everyone. New this year are vaccines for older adults and women in late pregnancy to guard against another virus named RSV. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

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What to know as fall vaccinations against COVID, flu and RSV get underway
By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer
Thu,09/28/23-4:02PM , 120 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines may be getting a little easier for adults to find but they’re still frustratingly scarce for young children.
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CORRECTS BYLINE TO MARK TESKE, NOT DEBORAH KOTZ - In this photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, surgeons prepare for a pig heart transplant into Lawrence Faucette at the school's hospital in Baltimore, Md., in September 2023. Two days after the transplant, Faucette was cracking jokes and able to sit in a chair, doctors said Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Deborah Kotz/University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP)

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Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man
By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer
Fri,09/22/23-1:13PM , 193 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second patient to ever undergo such an experimental feat. Two days later, the man was cracking jokes and able to sit in a chair, Maryland doctors said Friday.
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This photo provided by Pfizer in September 2023 shows single-dose vials of the company's updated COVID vaccine for adults. U.S. regulators have approved updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, shots aimed at revving up protection this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration's decision Monday, Sept. 11, 2023 is part of a shift to treat fall COVID-19 vaccine updates much like getting a yearly flu shot. (Pfizer via AP)

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US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall
By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer
Mon,09/11/23-1:00PM , 87 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter.
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Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, receives a flu vaccine from Nurse Practitioner Whitney Goggans at the Atlanta Press Club, where Cohen spoke about health issues, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Atlanta. Cohen says the U.S. is in “our strongest position yet” to avoid another chaotic respiratory season. “There will be a lot of virus this winter. That’s why we want to get ahead of it.” (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

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Updated COVID shots are coming. They're part of a trio of vaccines to block fall viruses
By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer
Fri,09/08/23-11:29PM , 200 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots.
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