Rwanda and Senegal Will Host Africa’s First COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturing Plants
The lack of vaccine production capacity in African countries has been the subject of much concern and hand-wringing in the ...
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Navigating New Federal Rules on ‘Mix-and-Match’ Vaccine Booster Shots
Many Americans now have the green light to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster – and the flexibility to receive a ...
Data Shows Continued Vulnerability of Vaccinated Blood Cancer Patients to COVID-19
Vulnerable groups not mounting sufficient immune responses to vaccination (such as blood cancer patients) urgently require the public to continue ...
How a BBQ Lighter Sparked a Breakthrough Idea on Vaccine Delivery
Inspiration for an innovative vaccine delivery method came from an everyday device that people use to start a grill: the ...
Erica Ollmann Saphire Receives $2.6M Grant to Collaborate on Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine
La Jolla Institute scientists team up with Brigham and Women's Hospital to guide the development of vaccines against the coronavirus ...
First-Ever Malaria Vaccine Has Roots in Army Medical Research
Following decades of research, the officials at the World Health Organization recently recommended the widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria ...
Sabin Vaccine Institute Receives Additional $34.5M from BARDA for Further Development of Ebola Sudan and Marburg Vaccines
The Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) announced that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Office of ...
Moderna COVID Booster Study in Rhesus Macaques Shows Increased Antibody Response
NIH researchers evaluated the immune responses in nonhuman primates that received a primary vaccination series of mRNA-1273 (Moderna) and were ...
GeoVax Receives Patent for VLP Ebola Vaccine
GeoVax Labs, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a Notice of Allowance for Patent ...
No, COVID Vaccines Don’t Stay in Your Body for Years
As countries strive to reach national COVID vaccination targets, there’s unprecedented focus on the biological effects of vaccines. While there’s ...
Vermont Air National Guard Partners with USDA for Rabies Vaccine Study
Partner agencies and national guard personnel are working collectively to counter the risk of rabies in urban raccoon populations by ...
Dynavax and DoD Announce Collaboration to Develop an Adjuvanted Plague Vaccine
Dynavax Technologies Corporation and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) today announced an agreement for approximately $22 million over two and a half years to ...
9 Psychological Barriers That Lead to COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal
The fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is putting pressure on hospital networks, upsetting many and making vaccine refusals seem ...
DTRA Works to Create Freeze-Dried Portable Biomanufacturing for Nimble Response to Emerging Biothreats
Advancements in biomanufacturing are bringing on-demand, shelf-stable vaccines to the front lines. By the year 2050, it is estimated that ...
Made-in-Melbourne mAbs Could Bolster Australia’s COVID Response
A COVID-19 treatment using monoclonal antibodies is one step closer thanks to the efforts of Australian researchers. Scientists found antibodies ...
Soligenix COVID-19 Vaccine Demonstrates Efficacy in Non-Human Primates
Vaccination yields broad neutralizing antibody responses against original strain and Beta, Gamma and Delta variants CiVax™ is under development as ...
U.S. Invests $36.3M in Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine Development
The awards are intended to fuel vaccine research for a diverse family of coronaviruses, with a primary focus on potential ...
Tense Decision-Making Over COVID-19 Booster Shots
CDC joins FDA in recommending Pfizer booster shot for 65 & up, people at high risk and those with occupational ...
Military Issues COVID Vaccine Guidance to West Coast Marines
Active duty personnel must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 24, and reserve personnel by Dec. 17 Marine Corps Installations West, ...
Vaccinating Domestic Dogs Reduces Rabies in the Wild. Why This Matters
Every year nearly 60,000 people globally die of rabies, a deadly virus most commonly transmitted to humans by animal bites. ...
