With the help of mRNA technology proven effective during the COVID pandemic, researchers are now closer than ever to creating viable cancer vaccines. In an interview with Wired, Lennard Lee ...

The cause for his optimism was the fact that more than 182 million Americans had received at least one shot of the new COVID-19 vaccines, including nearly 90 percent of seniors and 70 percent of ...

Unfortunately, the best compliance with vaccines seems to depend on proximity to the illness. During the polio epidemic in the 1950’s parents saw thousands of children hospitalized and crippled ...

She never received the HPV vaccine, Gardasil-9, and believes if she had, she would have never developed this cancer. When the vaccine was released, Lenti was too old. In her early 30s, she asked ...

Officials recommend that children get their first dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine between 12 and 15 months of age. Two doses of the vaccine are 97% effective against the measles virus.

RNA vaccines are composed of the nucleic acid RNA, which encode antigen genes of an infectious agent. When administered to host cells, the RNA is translated into protein antigens that elicit ...

The tetanus vaccine protects people who may come into contact with the bacteria that cause tetanus. As with any vaccine, the tetanus shot can lead to the possibility of some side effects.

In different parts of the UK, the groups who qualify for a spring booster are the same but the dates of the campaign are slightly different: The NHS uses vaccines from two companies across the UK ...

In 1971, the FDA approved the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, which combined three vaccines that had been approved previously—in 1963, 1967, and 1969, respectively. The vaccine has proven safe ...