2026 summer COVID-19 surge
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FDA approves updated Covid-19 vaccines for XFG variant
The Moderna shot is approved for children older than six months with underlying conditions.
The Novavax-Sanofi vaccine is approved for those 12 and up with underlying conditions.
The FDA approved updated Covid vaccines from Moderna, Novavax-Sanofi, and Pfizer-BioNTech.
Summer Surge of COVID-19 Cases Reported Across the United States
Dr. Syra Madad said the CDC estimated COVID-19 infections were growing or likely growing in 47 states.
Dr. Syra Madad said emergency-department visits remain very low, describing the situation as an early, relatively small summer wave.
Data from COVID-NET shows a consistent uptick in COVID-19 cases beginning in July and continuing until around September as early as the 2022 season.
“With COVID, we also have a shorter-lasting immunity ... There's enough of a waning in immunity that six months after your initial infection in the winter, people tend to get another maybe less robust, less severe infection in the summer.”