The U.S. government is putting down $500 million toward the development of a “universal” vaccine—a shot designed to protect against multiple strains of a pandemic-prone virus at once. The concept is ...

Most vaccines are designed to provide immunity against just one pathogen. Vaccines for chicken pox (caused by varicella-zoster virus) were only developed to fight that one disease, for example. But in ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it aims to accomplish within four years a scientific feat that hasn’t been achieved for the past 45: the development of a universal ...

Not too long ago, mRNA vaccines were viewed as one of the country's most significant biotech breakthroughs. Safe, effective, and well-funded. Today, they're viewed with skepticism — if not outright ...

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