US Army just weeks away from announcing umbrella COVID-19 vaccine it developed, report says

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"Army researchers will reportedly announce soon that they have created a vaccine that effectively fights all forms of COVID-19, including the new omicron variant which is ravaging the U.S. and Europe.

Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research told Defense One that news of the breakthrough is expected to be made public within weeks. In human trials so far, everything has been moving along exactly as they’d hoped.

“It’s very exciting to get to this point for our entire team, and I think for the entire Army as well,” Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad, the leader of the institute’s emerging infectious diseases unit, told Defense One in an interview for an article published Tuesday.

The vaccine is known as SpFN, which stands for spike ferritin nanoparticle. It has shown effectiveness not only against COVID-19 but also against previous SARS viruses.

From the beginning, the developers’ goal was to create a vaccine that could protect broadly and proactively against current and future strains."

Excellent news!