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A third dose of Covid vaccine may help protect transplant patients: Study

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WASHINGTON : A small study offers the first hint that an extra dose of COVID-19 vaccines just might give some organ transplant recipients a needed boost in protection.Even as most vaccinated people celebrate a return to near normalcy, millions who take immune-suppressing medicines because of transplants, cancer or other disorders remain in limbo — uncertain how protected they really are.

It's simply harder for vaccines to rev up a weak immune system.Monday's study tracked just 30 transplant patients but it's an important step toward learning if booster doses could help.It didn't help everybody.

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