Prognosis
Moderna’s Covid Vaccine Helps With New Strain, Study Shows
- Updated shot boosted antibody protection against BA.2.86
- Pfizer says its vaccine also protects against the variant
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Moderna Inc.’s updated Covid-19 shot helps protect people against a new, highly mutated strain of the virus, according to initial results from a company study.
The vaccine increased antibodies, an important component of the immune system, to the BA.2.86 Covid strain almost nine fold, Moderna said in a statement Wednesday about its human clinical trial results.