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“#Moderna booster could be effective against COVID-19 variants<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Clinical trials showed that getting a Moderna booster shot could be effective against some COVID-19 variants that have experts concerned, the company announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we seek to defeat the ongoing pandemic, we remain committed to being proactive as the virus evolves,\u201d company CEO St\u00e9phane Bancel said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are encouraged by these new data, which reinforce our confidence that our booster strategy should be protective against these newly detected variants,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Human trials showed people given a third shot after getting Moderna\u2019s two-dose vaccine had an increased immune response to the coronavirus strains first identified in South Africa and Brazil, the company said in its announcement.<\/p>\n

The company found that getting another dose of its already-authorized vaccine, or a strain-specific booster that it\u2019s testing, could help in protecting against the variants. \u00a0The strain-specific booster saw higher neutralizing antibodies against the so-called B.1.351 South Africa variant, the company said.<\/p>\n

Moderna said it is positioned to tweak its vaccine to target mutations as they develop. Experts have worried that variants are more resistant to the current vaccines. That could lead to people being reinfected by new strains every few years, experts fear.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to make as many updates to our COVID-19 vaccine as necessary to control the pandemic,\u201d Barcel said.<\/p>\n

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According to Moderna, the company\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine booster may be effective against some of the virus\u2019 variants.<\/figcaption>
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Moderna is testing different app<\/a>roaches to protect against the variants: taking an additional dose of the current vaccine, taking a booster of the variant-specific vaccine or receiving a mix of the two.<\/p>\n

The Phase 2 trials were administered to 40 participants six to eight months after they were first vaccinated, the company said. Side effects were mild or moderate and \u201cgeneral<\/a>ly well tolerated,\u201d according to the announcement.<\/p>\n

The FDA authorized the Moderna vaccine in December after the company filed for emergency use authorization.<\/p>\n

With surges in the coronavirus in countries such as India and Brazil, the Biden administration announced Wednesday that it supports waiving intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines in a bid to allow more nations to produce vaccines.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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