vaccines
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We Have Two COVID Vaccines Now
The FDA announced late Thursday that it would issue an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Moderna’s COVID vaccine, bringing our immunization arsenal to a total of two. This vaccine is similar to the Pfizer/BioNTech one that got an EUA last week.
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How They Made a Vaccine So Fast
Vaccine development takes time. Earlier this autumn, we learned that the previous record for vaccine development was four years from sample to approval, and that we might not see a COVID vaccine for years, if at all. But here we are, barely one year past the discovery of the novel coronavirus, and we already have…
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How to Talk to Someone Who Doesn’t Want the COVID-19 Vaccine
1As COVID-19 vaccines transition from the hypothetical to the actual, with Pfizer seeking an emergency use authorisation from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration that could see the first Americans being inoculated against the disease as early as December, the discussion around actually taking a vaccine grows more personal. Beyond the usual suspects — the…
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What to Know About the Latest Coronavirus Vaccine Results
Pfizer and BioNTech announced today that their vaccine candidate appears to be 90 per cent effective at preventing COVID-19 in the volunteers in their study. It’s encouraging, but there’s still a long way to go between this and an actually effective, available vaccine.