A Universal Vaccine Against Any Viral Variant? A New Study Suggest It’s Possible

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A Universal Vaccine Against Any Viral Variant? A New Study Suggest It’s Possible

From Covid boosters to annual flu shots, most of us are left wondering: Why so many, so often? There’s a reason to update vaccines. Viruses rapidly mutate, which can help them escape the body’s immune system, putting previously vaccinated people at risk of infection. Using AI modeling, scientists have increasingly been able to predict how viruses will evolve. But they mutate fast, and we’re still playing catch up. An alternative strategy is to b…