New Covid Vaccine Endorsed for Fall NYT: Science Noah Weiland and Christina Jewett 5 June 2024 at 16:21 The panel endorsed targeting a variant of the coronavirus that is now receding, though some officials suggested aiming at newer versions of the virus that have emerged in recent weeks. ยฉ Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York TimesStudies have shown that protection against serious illness from Covid-19 tends to improve as the vaccines more precisely target dominant strains, according to the Food and Drug Administration.