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Suneeta Sunny

Switching Arms While Taking Multi-Dose Vaccines May Improve Immune Response: Study

The study has not investigated the reason behind the better immune response by alternating the arms. However, researchers speculate that giving a shot in each arm activates new immune responses in different lymph nodes in each arm. (Credit: pixabay/ Alexandra_Koch)

People taking multi-dose vaccines may have a better immune response if they alternate their arms while taking each shot, a recent study suggests.

In the past, healthcare practitioners believed that the specific arm chosen for vaccine administration did not have any notable effect. However, researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University now found a four-fold increase in immune response when people alternate from one arm to the other while getting vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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