The string of new deals announced Monday include a potential deal with gene editing specialist Beam Therapeutics, including a $300 million upfront payment.
Researchers said the findings help explain why some people don’t get infected and could help create a universal vaccine against current and future variants.
The Serbian tennis star was detained by border authorities last week for failing to provide enough proof for a medical exemption from receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.
Hospitalizations due to Covid-19 are soaring across the country at the same time that a growing number hospitals are struggling with depleted numbers of doctors, nurses and other workers.
Cases could double in the United States by 2050, part of a global trend driven by rises in obesity, social isolation and smoking, as well as the growth of the elderly population, researchers said.