Until a coronavirus vaccine is ready, pneumonia vaccines may reduce deaths from COVID-19
A COVID-19 vaccine isn't the only tool for fighting this pandemic. An immunologist argues that safe pneumonia vaccines would reduce the severity of COVID-19, save lives and prevent the worst cases.
Oct. 14, 2020 • ~10 min
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How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone
As ready as you are to be done with COVID-19, it's not going anywhere soon. A historian of disease describes how once a pathogen emerges, it's usually here to stay.
Oct. 14, 2020 • ~9 min
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Coronavirus: how the pharma industry is changing to produce a vaccine on time
Medical innovation is often accelerated in a time of crisis.
Sept. 30, 2020 • ~8 min
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Your child's vaccines: What you need to know about catching up during the COVID-19 pandemic
A pediatrician answers parents' questions about catching up on missed childhood vaccinations and why that's so important.
Sept. 29, 2020 • ~6 min
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How and when will we know that a COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective?
Several vaccines are in Phase 3 trials. So when will we know whether any of these will protect against COVID-19?
Sept. 22, 2020 • ~10 min
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COVID-19 vaccines: Open source licensing could keep Big Pharma from making huge profits off taxpayer-funded research
Governments must embrace policies that promote sharing and collective invention to create and distribute a vaccine quickly.
Sept. 18, 2020 • ~9 min
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Video: Who should get a COVID-19 vaccine first?
A bioethicist explains a recent report that recommends how to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine equitably.
Sept. 18, 2020 • ~8 min
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Keeping coronavirus vaccines at subzero temperatures during distribution will be hard, but likely key to ending pandemic
The cold supply chain keeps vaccines fresh during distribution, but the current system is nowhere near large enough to distribute the billions of COVID-19 vaccines that the world needs.
Sept. 18, 2020 • ~10 min
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Coronavirus nanoscience: the tiny technologies tackling a global pandemic
Nanotechnology has an impressive record against viruses.
Sept. 7, 2020 • ~7 min
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Vaccines often degrade in the heat: here's how our new chemical 'casing' could save lives
A new way of getting functioning vaccines to where they are needed.
Sept. 4, 2020 • ~6 min
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