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New COVID vaccine booster available in Galveston County

New COVID vaccine booster available in Galveston County

The Galveston County Daily News, September 12, 2022

The Galveston County Health District and the University of Texas Medical Branch will begin offering the updated BioNTech and Moderna bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccines. “While we cannot precisely forecast effectiveness in any individual, we expect that the new messenger-RNA bivalent vaccines will offer better protection against these strains than previous options,” the medical branch said.

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New COVID vaccine booster available in Galveston County

New COVID vaccine booster available in Galveston County

The Galveston County Daily News, September 12, 2022

The Galveston County Health District and the University of Texas Medical Branch will begin offering the updated BioNTech and Moderna bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccines. “While we cannot precisely forecast effectiveness in any individual, we expect that the new messenger-RNA bivalent vaccines will offer better protection against these strains than previous options,” the medical branch said.

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