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CDC Panel Backs Moderna, J&J Boosters; Pfizer Data: Virus Update

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An advisory panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention backed additional doses of the Moderna Inc.Bloomberg Terminal and Johnson & JohnsonBloomberg Terminal vaccines.

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE said a booster shot of their inoculation restored full protection in a large study, bolstering the case for administering a third dose more widely. Meanwhile, the U.K. reported the most new cases since July.