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FDA puts together strategy for COVID-19 vaccines less effective against new virus variants-…

Global News Readers Feb 5, 2021

The New York TimesFeb 05, 2021 13:12:55 ISTConfronted with the possibility of coronavirus variants that may evade current vaccines, therapies and tests for the virus, the Food and Drug Administration is readying a plan for action in the…

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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is 89.3 percent effective, but less so against variants, shows UK trial-…

Global News Readers Jan 29, 2021

The Associated PressJan 29, 2021 11:14:20 ISTNovavax Inc. said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seems to work — though not as well — against new…