Tag: vaccine development
Better COVID vaccines are on the way. What do they do? And what technology might we see in future?
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Regulators in Australia and the United States last week approved Omicron-specific boosters, following approval in the United Kingdom in mid-August.
In Australia, a Moderna Omicron booster has been provisionally approved...
Children may need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 too. Here’s what we need to consider
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An ideal COVID-19 vaccine would not only protect people from becoming ill, it would also stop the virus spreading through the population....
Oxford scientists: these are final steps we’re taking to get our coronavirus vaccine approved
A researcher working on the University
of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in Buenos Aires. EPA-EFE
Of the hundreds of potential COVID-19 vaccines in development, six are in...
Religious concerns over vaccine production methods needn’t be an obstacle to immunisation
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We tend to assume disseminating public health messages is solely the role of public servants such as Victorian chief medical officer...
Where are we at with developing a vaccine for coronavirus?
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SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is changing how we live. With a rapid increase in cases, we are now isolating in our...