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Findings from a preliminary human study of an experimental, genetically attenuated malaria parasite immunization show this vaccine warrants further exploration.
Photo - of - by Erin Zagursky and Adrienne Berard | March 11, 2021 One year ago today, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. That same day, William & Mary President Katherine A. Rowe announced that in-person classes were suspended and that the university would move to remote modes of instruction. “We are in wholly new territory and will learn as we go, together,” she said. “For many of us as individuals, there will be disappointments and frustrations. For some, there may be real sacrifices, unexpected ch...
Updated Mar 09, 2021 | 11:59 IST Our sheroes fight COVID-19 to make the world a safer place. Kathrine Jansen Once again during the pandemic, women came to the forefront of waging a war against the deadly virus. All over the world, women scientists, doctors and HCW have gone the extra mile in trying to heal the world in the last one year. Their efforts have borne fruit as we are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. A challenge is never too daunting nor insurmountable was again proved by these women scientists and pharmacists. While the early history of va...
FDA authorizes a second coronavirus vaccine, a turning point in the pandemic Carolyn Y. Johnson, Laurie McGinley © Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images The first doses of the Moderna vaccine will probably ship this weekend, with nearly 6 million doses expected to be distributed during the first week for use in health-care workers and nursing home residents. (Joel Saget/AFP) A second coronavirus vaccine received emergency authorization Friday, an unprecedented scientific feat that gives the United States two powerful tools to fight a pandemic that emerged almost exactly a year ago,...