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Updated on August 31, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. PDT

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine was able to generate more than double the antibodies generated by the Pfizer vaccine, according to a new study that directly compared immune responses to the inoculations.
More deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in Florida this year than in all of 2020. The infection is now the third leading cause of death in the state, according to a Florida Department of Health report released Aug. 27, reported USA Today.
A new study found signs of mutations in coronavirus variants that may allow them to evade vaccine-induced antibodies. Researchers from the University of California San Francisco said they're very worried that the mutations could allow the virus to be transmitted to more vaccinated people, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

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90% of People on Immunosuppressant Drugs Still Make Antibodies After COVID-19 Vax

New research finds that people taking immune-suppressing drugs for a broad range of inflammatory diseases receive significant benefit from mRNA vaccination against COVID-19.

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