Placebo testing has been part of the process since the 1940s. It’s unclear what additional measures would achieve — but it may slow development.

A new combination vaccine could simplify protection against two major respiratory illnesses for older adults, according to a ...

RNA-1083 vaccine is noninferior and induces higher immune responses than recommended influenza and COVID-19 vaccines.

The World Health Organization has recommended targeted use of Covid vaccines for several years, said Stanley Perlman, a coronavirus expert from the University of Iowa who serves on the WHO’s ...

A novel AI-driven method helps scientists stay ahead of viral evolution by engineering synthetic spike proteins that ...

A landmark study by scientists at the University of Oxford, has unveiled crucial insights into the way that COVID-19 vaccines mitigate severe illness in those who have been vaccinated.

The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday it has picked a new head of its center charged with vaccine approvals and other biologics products: Dr. Vinay Prasad, a vocal critic of the agency's ...

Headache and fatigue were the most commonly reported incident adverse events of the AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) COVID-19 vaccine in real-world settings across the United Kingdom; anosmia (loss of ...

No vaccines other than the COVID-19 vaccines and the human papillomavirus ... is not required to determine the safety (or effectiveness) of a vaccine. In some cases, inclusion of placebo control ...

The recent global monkeypox (mpox) outbreak, with a new and aggressive variant, has underscored the dire need for safe, broadly effective, and accessible vaccines ... of COVID-19, H1N1 (swine ...