COVID vaccine pill that kills virus before it infects the body could be coming By . Brooke Steinberg. Published Sep. 13, 2023, 8:32 a.m. ET.

Yet unlike other commonplace infections such as seasonal flu and COVID, no vaccine exists to help people avoid being sidelined by norovirus, a notoriously transmissible and resilient virus that is ...

Mr. Quammen is a science writer and the author of the forthcoming book “Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus.” The Covid-19 pandemic has been a lesson in speed — the ...

All vaccines work by training our immune systems to recognise a harmless piece of a virus or bacteria so that when the real thing is encountered later, the immune system is prepared to defeat it ...

Once neck and neck with Valneva to get the first chikungunya vaccine to market, it now looks like Merck & Co. has admitted defeat as its French rival reaches the finish line. Merck’s contender ...

Updated 6:20 p.m. on Sept. 22, 2023 Every fall, when the air turns chilly and the leaves red, pediatric ICUs begin preparing for the onslaught of the virus known as RSV. Not flu, not COVID, but ...

In 2015, the Zika virus — which had previously rarely infected humans — suddenly spread rapidly, leading to more than a million cases over two years. Even worse, scientists observed a ...

A temperature-sensitive baculovirus modification, BacFree ts, enables production of virus-like particle vaccines in insect cells with up to 99.97% less baculovirus contamination.

And Vaxart's vaccine isn't the only one in the pipeline, nor is it the furthest along. Moderna has a norovirus vaccine in a Phase 3 trial , which is a larger study that will look at efficacy.

With respiratory virus season again upon us, here's the latest to know about COVID and flu vaccines, including what's available and who's eligible.

The COVID-19 vaccine does not prevent COVID-19. A person who is fully vaccinated can still contract the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, and may go on to develop the disease.

The claim: Manufacturer instructions say children should stay home for up to eight weeks after getting live-virus vaccines. A May 17 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a list of ...