Moderna plans to have third vaccine booster shot ready by fall
Google Translater for Website Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page: You can translate the content of this page by selecting a language in the select box. BY MEGAN CERULLO APRIL 17, 2021 / 6:59 AM / MONEYWATCH COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna will make a third booster shot for its two-dose vaccine available to Americans by the fall, CEO Stéphane Bancel said this week. Moderna's vaccine is more than 90% effective against the coronavirus six months after the second shot, studies show. What remains unclear is how long immunity from the virus lasts. The same is true of Pfizer's two-dose COVID-19 vaccine. "There will be likely a need for a third dose, somewhere between six and 12 months. And then from there, there will be an annual revaccination. But all of that needs to be confirmed," Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Thursday at a virtual event hosted by CVS Health. A third...