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This article provides an in-depth historical account of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, including its impact on the global population and how its occurrence spurred significant advancements in the study of viruses—laying the groundwork for the...
An adenovirus helps prime the immune system to fight the coronavirus.
Two shots can prime the immune system to fight the coronavirus.
These vaccines—developed using techniques to create COVID vaccines—are now being tested for cancer treatment and have shown improved survival rates in patients with lung cancer. Scientists believe the research involved in developing these vaccines has opened the door to new and effective personalized cancer treatments in the future.
Germ theory of disease is based on the concept that many diseases are caused by infections with microorganisms, typically only visualized under high magnification. Read this general overview to understand the basic framework which allowed for development of vaccines.
There are several different types of vaccines. Each type is designed to teach your immune system how to fight off germs—and the serious diseases they cause. This short overview breaks down the differences between the types.
A clinical trial is enrolling colorectal cancer patients to see whether a personalized mRNA vaccine can prevent their cancer from coming back.
Watch this under-3-minute video explaining how vaccines use the body's immune system to prepare our bodies against viral and bacterial threats to our health.
See the table of recommended vaccinations for Americans from their birth to age 18.
History tells us the public will tolerate risk of harm from a vaccine if their fear of the disease exceeds their fear of the vaccine.
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