Moderna vaccine protects against COVID-19 in monkey study

The vaccine, MRNA-1273, given to non-human primates protected against infection in the lungs and nose, and prevented pulmonary disease in all animals, the company said in a news release.Results of the study in rhesus macaque monkeys were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.It appeared to be an improvement over results of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in a similar study.