US Drug Regulator Advisers to Meet on Moderna, Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters

A Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vial is seen in a file photograph. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo

A panel that advises the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to meet this month to consider whether to recommend booster shots of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.

The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will meet on Oct. 14 and 15 to consider whether to recommend the companies’ booster shots for certain groups.