In 1980, something incredible happened. Smallpox, a serious infectious disease, was declared eradicated in humans by the World Health Assembly. Once killing three in 10 people who contracted it, ...

So far, most vaccines in the US are mRNA vaccines. These represent a new technology and are likely to take over the vaccine world. But how do they work? What are their weaknesses? Five experts explain ...

Australia will soon be able to manufacture its own mRNA vaccines from a purpose-built facility in Melbourne. Supervising producer of the national video team. Former features and weekender writer for ...

Vaccines are among the greatest achievements in medical science, saving millions of lives every year. They protect individuals and entire communities from infectious diseases such as measles, polio, ...

The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines that Canadians are receiving could be just the first in a new wave of vaccination against many diseases — driven by the novel technology used to make the shots ...

Scientists dropped everything to focus on a COVID-19 vaccine. Its success will change the future of medicine (Frauke Bönsch) In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the novel coronavirus was ...

A new mRNA vaccine against the flu has proven itself more effective than existing vaccines in a new clinical trial. The Pfizer-developed vaccine was found to be 34.5 percent more effective than ...

As the world waited with bated breath, scientists worked around the clock at breakneck speed to create an mRNA vaccine to protect against the novel coronavirus. Now, experts say that technology could ...