Moderna’s new variant-busting COVID vaccine starting trial in Israel

Moderna’s new variant-busting COVID vaccine starting trial in Israel Study will assess how well special shot built to be Omicron-proof protects against infection; expert says Israel helping lead way in ‘the future of the fight against the pandemic’ timesofisrael

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“The Omicron component in this new vaccine works alongside the original vaccine formulation that targets the original strain. And while the Omicron component was made to target early Omicron variants, it is likely to also target well newer sub-variants of Omicron, including those that haven’t yet emerged,” he said...