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Positive early trial results from two coronavirus vaccine candidates are “very exciting,” according to Harvard Chan School's Barry Bloom.
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A foundation of public trust and social solidarity needs to be there for a COVID-19 vaccine to be widely accepted.
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Although COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are rising, there is also some positive news on the horizon, according to Harvard Chan School's Joseph Allen.
Comment: U.S. withdrawal from WHO unlawful, threat to global health
Fifteen health and legal experts called President Trump’s move to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization “reckless,” in violation of U.S. law, and a threat to global health and security.
Understanding the path to a COVID-19 vaccine
Companies and researchers racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine will encounter numerous challenges as they try to understand how the immune system reacts to the virus that causes the disease. A June 10, 2020 Harvard Magazine article examined…
COVID-19 vaccines unlikely to be cure-all
While vaccines for COVID-19 are urgently needed, the public would do well to realize that vaccines will not simply prevent all infections. It’s more likely that any vaccines developed will reduce the risk for contracting the disease and…
Perspective: COVID-19 highlights pressing need to better understand immunity, particularly in elderly
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of aging populations to emerging diseases and underscores the significant need to better understand immunity and vaccine response among the elderly, according to an April 17, 2020 New England Journal of…
Human Immunomics Initiative will decode immune system, speed new vaccines
Harvard Chan School, Human Immunomics Initiative announce project to speed vaccines.
Waning immunity allowed Massachusetts mumps outbreaks
In 2016 and 2017, the number of mumps cases in Massachusetts was 250 and 170, respectively, a large increase from the average of 10 cases annually in the state. Most patients in these outbreaks had been vaccinated, and…
Climate in the clinic
Climate change—and how it affects health—should be front and center for doctors, health care workers, and hospitals, said speakers at a symposium.
