Georgia’s public health department says the new COVID vaccine for 2025–26 isn’t available yet. Officials are waiting for federal health experts to give the final go-ahead later this month.

Here’s what you need to know:

No shots yet: Local health departments don’t have the updated vaccine in stock.

Old shots retired: The CDC has told providers to stop using last year’s vaccine and safely throw out any leftovers.

Next step: A national vaccine advisory group meets September 18 and 19 to decide who should get the updated shot and how it should be used.

Georgia health leaders say they’ll share updates once those decisions are made.

The FDA has already cleared the new vaccines, which are designed to better protect against the strains of the virus spreading right now. However, the FDA ha

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