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The global COVID-19 vaccination campaign saved an estimated 20 million lives. However, while current COVID-19 vaccines provide protection against developing severe disease, they do little to prevent infection and transmission.
<p>Findings published in the journal <em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06951-3">Nature</a> </em>by physician-scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and colleagues suggest that it may be possible to improve protection against COVID-19 by delivering the vaccine directly to the respiratory tract— the primary site of entry in SARS-CoV-2 infection.</p>
The coronavirus public health emergency, declared by the Trump administration in 2020, will expire on Thursday. Interviews with senior health officials suggest the nation is not ready for a new pandemic.
While the U.S. has greatly improved its capacity to fight COVID-19, it is not fully prepared for a radically different future variant or a new pandemic.
Infectious Disease News | It has been more than 40 years since HIV emerged, causing a pandemic that has left more than 40 million people dead and more than 38 million currently living with the infection worldwide.There are no HIV vaccines currently available, and after the recent failures of three experimental vaccines in development, there are now zero candidates in late-stage trials.