What is the COVID-19 vaccine and how does it work? Vaccines help us protect ourselves by training our bodies to fight an illness-causing virus. The first COVID-19 vaccines do this by using a molecule called "messenger RNA," or "mRNA." The mRNA teaches cells to create the coronavirus's...
COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has infected tens of thousands of people worldwide. Here’s what you need to know.
Within just a few months, pharmaceutical firms have produced hundreds of millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine. But the world needs billions — and as fast as possible. Companies say they could make enough vaccines to immunize most of the world’s population by the end of 2021. But this...
What is the COVID-19 vaccine and how does it work? Vaccines help us protect ourselves by training our bodies to fight an illness-causing virus. The first COVID-19 vaccines do this by using a molecule called "messenger RNA," or "mRNA." The mRNA teaches cells to create the coronavirus'...
The AP and other media outlets also downplayed the notion that DNA contamination in COVID-19 injections could contribute to cancer. “They are trying to make claims that this is not cancer-causing,” McKernan says, but “there are limits on how much DNA can be in a vaccine precisely beca...
Will other COVID variants develop? “Unquestionably, they will,” Dr. Russo says. Exactly how the variants, or mutations, will behave is still unclear, though. Sometimes, mutations enable the virus to evade therapies, making the vaccine less effective. Or, he says the mutation could make the...
When the vaccines for Covid-19 were approved this past winter, I think the whole world breathed a huge sigh of relief – finally, the end to the pandemic was in sight. But it’s been months since then, and while some social restrictions have lessened, we’re still in a pandemic. So...
Spread of the coronavirus has exposed troubling problems at fur farms and how we respond to outbreaks there.
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"Vaccine passports" are digital or paper documents that show you were vaccinated against COVID-19, and could help you get into a growing number of places. What they look like and why you might want one depend on where you live, but more private venues, workplaces and governments are requi...