vaccine
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Antivaxxers Are Using the Carrot Emoji to Disguise Talking About the Jab
Listen, I hate needles as much as the next person, but antivaxxers are taking their hatred of basic scientific advancement a step further by coding their communication in Facebook groups with carrot emojis to avoid the social media platform’s content filters.
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‘Homegrown’ Vaccines: Monash Uni to House Moderna’s Only mRNA Facility in the Southern Hemisphere
Australia has struck a deal with Moderna, which will mean the production of up to 100 million mRNA doses every year in a facility in Melbourne
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Some Good News: Scientists Are Now Testing Out a Universal Flu Vaccine In People
The race to one of medicine’s elusive goals — a universal flu vaccine — is heating up. On Tuesday, the National Institutes of Health announced the phase I clinical trial of one such potential candidate, which will involve up to 100 adult volunteers. In early experiments, the vaccine appeared to protect animals exposed to fatal…
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UK Will Offer Monkeypox Vaccines to Some Gay and Bisexual Men
UK health officials are planning to more widely offer smallpox vaccines — which are effective against the related monkeypox virus — to some gay and bisexual men. The expanded outreach is part of a renewed strategy to contain the emerging viral disease, which recently has spread far beyond the few areas of the world where…