Insights: Vaccines, variants and COVID-19 trends
Insights: Vaccines, variants and COVID-19 trends
University of Arizona immunologist Deepta Bhattacharya discusses in this Q&A the newest COVID-19 vaccines and what the future might hold for COVID-19 immunizations.
Brian Brennan
Today
UArizona Health SciencesCOVID Shot
A recent upswing in COVID-19 cases in the U.S. increased conversations about the newest COVID-19 vaccine, which targets the XBB variant.HealthScience and TechnologyBIO5College of Medicine - TucsonCOVID-19 vaccineMedicine
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Researcher contact(s)Deepta Bhattacharya
Department of Immunobiologydeeptab@email.arizona.edu520-626-8088COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States were on the rise for weeks heading into mid-September, right as updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna started to be distributed across the country.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved, for emergency use, new COVID-19 vaccines formulated to target circulating variants.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending the updated vaccines for everyone 6 months and older to protect against serious illness.Deepta Bhattacharya,professor in theDepartment of Immunobiology at the University of ArizonaCollege of Medicine – Tucson, was studying antibody responses to viral infections and vaccines for many years before the pandemic made headlines. He was instrumental in the development of one of the world ’s most accurate...
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