waning antibody protection. cnn s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen following the story. so, elizabeth, you spoke with the lead researcher who is heading up this work. what did he say about the importance of boosters in the age of omicron? i ve been following this as close as i can, i m a little confused as to where folks are coming down on. jim, i ll give you the bottom line then. i spoke with dr. david montefiore, a researcher out of duke university, the senior author on this new england journal of medicine paper, and he said boosters are even more important in the age of omicron than in the age of delta or before then. they are so important. take a look at this data and you will see why. so they looked at blood samples from about 20 people, and of those who got two shots, one month after their second shot, for most of them neutralizing antibodies against omicron were very low or even undetectible, but then the folks after they got a third shot about a month later, wit
The Moderna vaccine's ability to shield against infection drops sharply when tested on the omicron variant. But getting a booster pumps the protection back up again, new research suggests.
The Moderna vaccine's ability to shield against infection drops sharply when tested on the omicron variant. But getting a booster pumps the protection back up again, new research suggests.
The Moderna vaccine's ability to shield against infection drops sharply when tested on the omicron variant. But getting a booster pumps the protection back up again, new research suggests.
The Moderna vaccine's ability to shield against infection drops sharply when tested on the omicron variant. But getting a booster pumps the protection back up again, new research suggests.