Turner and Ellebedy in lab (IMAGE) WashU Medicine Caption Jackson Turner, PhD, (left) and Ali Ellebedy, PhD, discuss data at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The two led a team that showed that vaccinating people with updated boosters as new variants of the virus that cause COVID-19 emerge could shore up population immunity even as the virus mutates, and thereby prevent another deadly COVID-19 wave. Credit Matt Miller Usage Restrictions This image is to be used in accordance with the mission, policies and guidelines of Washington University in St. Louis. Visit https://wustl.edu/about/compliance-policies/media-policies/multimedia-use/ for more information. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.