Moderna's combination COVID booster appears more protective against variants, company study finds
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Moderna’s Booster Enhances Protection Against VariantsNearly 900 volunteers showed double antibody levels one month after receiving Moderna’s combined COVID-19 booster shot.
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- The new booster combines Moderna’s original vaccine with one targeting the beta variant of the coronavirus.
- A 50-microgram dose was found to be as safe as the current booster dosage.
- Recipients produced twice the antibodies against beta, delta, and omicron variants one month after vaccination compared to the original vaccine.
- The enhanced protection from this booster persisted for at least six months against beta and omicron strains.
We believe that a bivalent booster vaccine, if authorized, would create a new tool as we continue to respond to emerging variants.— Stéphane Bancel, Moderna CEO, in a statement about the company's first bivalent booster candidate, mRNA-1273.211.
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