Bivalent COVID Vaccines Perform Worse Against Variant Now Dominant in United States: Studies

Bivalent COVID Vaccines Perform Worse Against Variant Now Dominant in United States: Studies
COVID-19 vaccines in a file photograph. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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The new COVID-19 vaccines don’t work as well against XBB.1.5, the virus variant that’s now dominant in the United States, according to multiple studies.

In one of the papers, researchers found the vaccines boosted neutralizing antibodies, believed to be a measure of protection, but that the antibody levels declined to previous levels within three months.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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