The Canadian Press Health Canada authorized Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against currently circulating variants of the virus on Tuesday. The mRNA vaccine, called Spikevax, has been reformulated to target the KP.2 subvariant of Omicron, the agency said. It replaces the previous version of the vaccine that was released last year, which targeted the XBB.1.5 subvariant of Omicron. Health Canada recently asked provinces and territories to get rid of their older COVID-19 vaccines to ensure the most current vaccine will be used during this fall’s respiratory virus season. Health Canada is also reviewing two other updated COVID-19 vaccines but has not yet authorized them. They are Pfizer’s Comirnaty, which is also an mRNA vaccine, as well as Novavax’s protein-based vaccine. Like Moderna’s vaccine, the Pfizer vaccine under review targets…
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