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Even bivalent updated COVID-19 boosters struggle to prevent omicron subvariant transmission – an immunologist discusses why new approaches are necessary

  • Written by Matthew Woodruff, Instructor of Human Immunology, Emory University
Even bivalent updated COVID-19 boosters struggle to prevent omicron subvariant transmission – an immunologist discusses why new approaches are necessaryThe FDA is proposing an annual shot against COVID-19, signaling that a new approach is needed.wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

By almost any measure, the vaccination campaign against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been a global success.

As of January 2023, more than 12 billion vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 have been...

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