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Do I need a COVID-19 booster shot? 6 questions answered on how to stay protected

  • Written by William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
imageA booster shot may be necessary to maintain COVID-19 immunity.Daniel Schludi/Unsplash, CC BY-SA

The increasing prevalence of new coronavirus variants is raising questions about how well protected those who’ve already had their COVID-19 shots are against evolving forms of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Here, microbiology and infectious disease...

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