Vaccine

The race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is on, as scientists work as quickly as they can to find a way to prevent the disease that has sickened more 4.4 million people and killed more than 300,000 worldwide.Full coverage of the coronavirus outbreakOn Friday, Dr. Francis Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health,…

As much of the world remains at home due to the coronavirus, a lot of people have put their hopes of a big economic reopening on a vaccine. With more than 100 vaccine candidates for Covid-19 in production, things seem to be looking up — and the conventional wisdom, often restated by White House officials,…

Experts are hopeful that a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus will become available sooner rather than later. SOPA Images/Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. As the death toll from the novel coronavirus nears 300,000 worldwide, doctors and scientists are scrambling to develop multiple vaccines to stop…

A researcher of the Openlab genetic and cell technologies laboratory of the Kazan Federal University working with biomaterial.Yegor Aleyev | TASS via Getty ImagesHealth officials and scientists across the world are racing to develop vaccines and discover effective treatments against the coronavirus, which has infected more than 4.2 million people worldwide in as little as…

A COVID-19 vaccine is "by no means guaranteed," British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday night. Speaking at a press conference, Johnson referred to the part Britain was playing in looking for a valid coronavirus vaccine, Xinhua reported. Asked by the media, Johnson said he hopes that a vaccine will be developed, but there…