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FDA to Allow ‘Mix and Match’ Approach for COVID Booster Shots

FILE — A medical worker administers a COVID-19 booster vaccine in San Rafael, Calf., on Sept. 29, 2021. The Food and Drug Administration is planning to allow Americans to receive a different COVID-19 vaccine as a booster than the one they initially received, a move that could reduce the appeal of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and provide flexibility to doctors and other vaccinators. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)