Ingredients in flu vaccine won’t hurt you – two pharmacists explain why
453 Views November 13, 2020 Terri Levien, Professor of pharmacy, Washington State University
A man in San Pablo, California, gets a flu shot at a drive-through flu…
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Buying a coronavirus vaccine for everyone on earth, storing and shipping it, and giving it safely will all be hard and expensive
259 Views November 11, 2020 Nicole Hassoun, Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Boxing up humanitarian aid at UNICEF's vast warehouse in October of 2020 AP Photo…
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Why we didn’t get a vaccine by Election Day – but why we may get one soon
384 Views November 10, 2020 William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
Pfizer stock surged higher on Nov. 9 after the company announced its vaccine is…
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Why scientists and public health officials need to address vaccine mistrust instead of dismissing it
185 Views October 30, 2020 Sterling M. McPherson, Associate Professor, Director and Assistant Dean for Research, Washington State University
A lab technician sorts blood samples inside a lab for a COVID-19 vaccine study…
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A second pathway into cells for SARS-CoV-2: New understanding of the neuropilin-1 protein could speed vaccine research
317 Views October 23, 2020 Rajesh Khanna, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Arizona
The Spike protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 must bind to proteins on the…
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Until a coronavirus vaccine is ready, pneumonia vaccines may reduce deaths from COVID-19
444 Views October 15, 2020 Robert Root-Bernstein, Professor of Physiology, Michigan State University
Vaccination rates may be tied to rates of COVID-19. Marko Geber/Getty Images The yearly…
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How and when will we know that a COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective?
561 Views September 23, 2020 William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
How much longer must society wait for a vaccine? ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI/Getty Images With COVID-19…
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Video: Who should get a COVID-19 vaccine first?
158 Views September 18, 2020 Nicole Hassoun, Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Production limits mean that not everyone can get access to a COVID-19 vaccine as…
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Lessons from how the polio vaccine went from the lab to the public that Americans can learn from today
112 Views September 16, 2020 Carl Kurlander, Senior Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Jonas Salk, left, developed the first effective polio vaccine. Underwood Archives/Getty Images In…
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Big pharma’s safety pledge isn’t enough to build public confidence in COVID-19 vaccine – here’s what will
133 Views September 14, 2020 Efthimios Parasidis, Professor of Law and Public Health, The Ohio State University
A patient receives a shot in a clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine. AP…