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Fourth Covid shot provides little benefit against Omicron infection: study

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WASHINGTON: A fourth dose of existing mRNA Covid-19 vaccines may have only “marginal benefits” for younger, healthy adults, according to a new Israeli study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The research assessed 270 health care workers at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv who received a second booster shot of … Read more

4th Pfizer, Moderna shot less effective against Omicron: Israeli study

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JERUSALEM, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — Preliminary results from an Israeli study showed low efficacy of the fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose against the Omicron variant, Israel’s largest hospital said in a statement on Monday. In the study, launched in late December, 270 staff members of Sheba Medical Center received the fourth dose of Pfizer or Moderna … Read more