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FDA panel endorses booster shot for J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine

J&J says the extra dose adds important protection as early as two months after initial vaccination, but that it might work better if people wait until six months later.

A vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y.
A vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y.Read moreMark Lennihan / AP