These virus types are responsible for most flu infections in humans. FluMist is a live, attenuated vaccine, meaning it ...

injected inactivated polio vaccine (IPV or Salk vaccine), introduced in 1955 and oral live-attenuated polio vaccine (OPV or Sabin vaccine), introduced in 1961. Most regions of the world chose OPV ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — With viral outbreaks spreading more quickly, faster responses and quicker development of new vaccines has become crucial. However, production of the mRNA used in vaccines is ...

Some weeks Laja is doing outreach, spending her day educating a community about which vaccines she can provide and what diseases they prevent. “It’s my responsibility to tell the mothers to ...

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a lot of talk about vaccines. We’ve taken a look at what a vaccine actually is and how long it might take until we get one ...

There isn't any evidence 'that spacing out vaccines is better than giving them according to the schedule that has been studied and tested for many years by the CDC. In fact, by spacing out your ...

"We don't know the long-term side effects of Covid vaccines." That's a claim that's still common to see shared online. But a year is actually considered relatively "long term" when it comes to ...

However, the quick rise of this new mutation, which is a combination of two previous omicron strains, may mean the vaccines prepared to bolster people in the colder months won’t be as effective.

Researchers have engineered bacteria as personalized cancer vaccines that activate the immune system to specifically seek out and destroy cancer cells. Columbia researchers have engineered ...

It’s also available to those who live in care homes or people who are pregnant. Finally, for the first time the RSV vaccine has been made available for free on the NHS this autumn. It’s ...