Health
Vaccines 2.0: Next generation COVID shots will be cheaper, easier to deliver and protect against more viruses, industry leaders say – USA TODAY
Drug companies are working to improve COVID-19 vaccines to fight variants of the coronavirus and other viruses, and make them easier to distribute.
The COVID-19 vaccines are among the best ever created. They’re safe and more than 90% effective at preventing any disease, and even more so at blocking serious illness and death.
Now drug companies are trying to make them even better.
Some future shots will be more effective against certain variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Others are aiming to cover several types of severe respiratory viruses, including the first SARS, which caused outbreaks between 2002 and 2004, or even all…
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