SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 less resistant to vaccine, but may be a problem in the lung

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New research shows that the recently emerged BA.2.86 omicron subvariant of the virus that causes COVID-19 can be neutralized by bivalent mRNA vaccine-induced antibodies in the blood.

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