Vaccines

The extra shot doesn’t mean that vaccines are ineffective; our bodies just need a reminder

A microbiologist explains how Pfizer and Moderna would rapidly adjust mRNA vaccines

Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

You can listen to all past episodes here.

Vaccination is likely to prevent many more COVID cases than it is to cause a rare and nonfatal heart side effect in five- to 11-year-olds

Global players need to get more vaccines to African nations and convince more people to take them

Researchers are racing to determine whether a fast-spreading coronavirus variant poses a threat to COVID vaccines’ effectiveness

Vaccine refusal by parents is not about a lack of education, but amassing social status

With the advent of new COVID drugs comes the fear that people will opt out of vaccination altogether

Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

You can listen to all past episodes here.

A new delivery method for certain vaccines could make the lifesaving treatments more effective and accessible

People with diseases or treatments that suppress their immune system cannot count on the same protection most vaccinated people have

Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

You can listen to all past episodes here.