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The Food and Drug Administration provided updated guidance for COVID-19 vaccine makers, calling for them to formulate a shot that better targets more recent strains of the virus. The new shot is expected to be available this fall.
As of June 8, the KP.2 variant made up an estimated 22.5% of COVID-19 infections, while the JN.1 strain comprised 3.1%. KP.3, another descendant of the JN.1 variant, made up about 25% of cases. Both KP.2 and KP.3 have edged out older variants of the virus in recent months. Andy Pekosz, a professor at Johns Hopkins University in molecular microbiology and immunology, said in a Q&A in May 2024 that these variants aren't more or less severe than previous variants, but more people have antibodies through vaccines and prior infection to better fight off an infection.
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