New evidence suggests covid-19 vaccines remain effective against variants


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The emergence of new and more infectious variants of the coronavirus has raised a troubling question: Will the current crop of COVID-19 vaccine prevent these variants from causing disease? A


study out Wednesday in the journal _Nature_ suggests the answer is yes. The research was fairly straightforward. Scientists took blood from volunteers who had received the Johnson &


Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and looked at the levels of neutralizing antibodies, the kind that prevent a virus from entering cells. READ THIS STORY FOR FREE To continue reading, sign up for our


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