Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 boosters in the fall that combine its original vaccine with protection against the Omicron variant.
Before Omicron came along, Moderna was studying a combination shot that added protection against an earlier variant named Beta. Tuesday, the company said people given that combo shot produced more antibodies capable of fighting several variants — including Omicron — than today’s regular booster.
Although the antibody increase was modest, Moderna’s goal is to produce a combination shot that specifically targets Omicron.“These results really give us hope” that next step will work even better, said Dr. Jacqueline Miller, a Moderna vice president.COVID-19 vaccines still are , hospitalization and death, even against Omicron. That variant is so different from the original coronavirus that it more easily slips past the immune system’s defenses, although studies in the U.S. and elsewhere show an original booster dose strengthens protection.anyone 50 or olderHealth officials have made clear that giving boosters every few months isn’t the answer to the mutating virus.
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