An updated COVID-19 vaccine is expected in September, but new variants like BA.2.86 are already spreading in the U.S.
that weren’t around even three months ago, remind us that SARS-CoV-2 is still a health threat for the coming fall and winter.
Based on the June recommendation, vaccine makers have been manufacturing updated vaccines that target XBB, in order to ensure enough doses are ready by the fall and winter season. How well do these vaccines work against the newer variants?that its XBB-based vaccine can neutralize the newer EG.5 and FL.1.5.1 variants as well as XBB. The results were based on early findings from a study the company conducted to test its vaccine in a small group of people.
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