In the case of a COVID-19 vaccine, this is a race that the whole world will win, or the whole world is winning now, because science is advanced, and that's producing vaccines that the whole world will benefit from. Yes, the actual physical vaccine, that's s...
What if I’m planning to get a COVID-19 vaccine? That’s a good idea. Remember, COVID-19 and the flu are different viruses and require different vaccines for protection. The good news: Research says that you can get both the COVID and flu vaccines, and doing so will not reduce your...
COVID-19EfficacyImmunogenicitySafetySARS-CoV-2Vaccine clinical trialThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to scale up around the world, costing severe health and economic losses. The development of an effectiv...
Your iPhone will make it easier to find a location to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Apple announced Tuesday it will display on its Apple Maps app places where users can go to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The data comes from VaccineFinder, a free, online service developed by Boston Children...
China reached an important new level of vaccine development with the start of the phase three clinical trial of an inactivated vaccine candidate against COVID-19 in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. It is the first vaccine of its kind to reach a late-stage, mass-scale human trial, accord...
The federal government is assisting Florida, Louisiana, and Texas determine how to vastly and quickly increase COVID-19 diagnostic testing to get a handle on a spiking number of cases in those states. Admiral Brett P. Giroir, MD, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and...
Li Yan is a seasoned drug developer. He held executive positions at Brii Biosciences, GSK, Merck, and Johnson & Johnson. He has contributed to and overseen the development and approval of many medicines to include amubarvim...
Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine, never patented his vaccine or profited from its creation because he wanted the vaccine to save as many lives as possible. The New York-born virologist and medical researcher famously risked his own life and the lives of his family memb...
having created one of the most effective vaccines during the outbreak. The mRNA Covid-19 vaccine catapulted the company to a $100 billion valuation and minted five new billionaires, including the chief executive, Stéphane Bancel, its chairman, Noubar Afeyan, co-founder Robert Langer, president ...
The antibodies our bodies produce in response to COVID-19 infection don't actually destroy this virus. In that way, it is a lot like HIV. That has implications for the high-stakes global effort to develop vaccines and other treatments. ...