Another covid booster is coming. But how many will get it?

A new coronavirus booster shot is likely coming this fall.

In a unanimous vote yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration’s expert advisers issued their recommendation: The next round of coronavirus shots should target the XBB variants, a branch of omicron causing almost all of the nation’s recent covid-19 infections.

That poses another challenge for the nation’s beleaguered public health officials, who’ll be tasked with encouraging vaccinations amid poor uptake of the most recent booster. Just 1 in 5 adults have received the bivalent shot, which became available last September.