Pfizer-BioNTech's updated vaccine to protect against a recently circulating variant of COVID-19 is authorized, Health Canada said on Tuesday.

While the new mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech have dominated the COVID-19 vaccine story, there is another type of shot that uses a more traditional vaccine-making technology, used by Novavax. The vaccine is generating interest among some ...

Pfizer's and Moderna's formulas have been the go-to on pharmacy shelves, but Novavax remains an important option.

With the approval of Moderna's updated COVID-19 vaccine, doctors are hoping the shots will be available soon and Albertans will opt to roll up their sleeves to get one.

The company reported Health Canada authorized the use of its Spikevax KP.2 shot for those aged six months and older. Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration also gave approval for the vaccine, as well as updated shots from Pfizer ( PFE) and BioNTech ( BNTX ).