In what definitely feels like a case of way too little, way too late, the WTO last week finally decided to grant the TRIPS waiver on COVID vaccines, allowing others to make more of the vaccine with…

Pro-vaccination messaging may be surprisingly effective when delivered through humorous internet memes, according to new findings published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior. A series of studies revealed that exposure to sarcastic memes about anti-vaxxers increased UK residents’ intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The researchers suggest that the humorous memes were able to bypass the typical defense processes of people who are vaccine-hesitant.

An independent panel of experts advising the US Food and Drug Administration just voted unanimously "yes," expressing their confidence that a two dose COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna is safe, effective, and beneficial for youngsters as little as 6 months old, and that a three dose COVID shot from Pfizer is too.

When the World Health Organization approved a malaria vaccine for the first time in October 2021, it was widely hailed as a milestone. “This is a historic moment,” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a statement that month. The vaccine—dubbed RTS,S—promises a 30 percent reduction in severe malaria in fully vaccinated children.

Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday will consider whether to recommend Novavax Inc's (NVAX.O) COVID-19 vaccine for adults, which the drugmaker hopes can become the shot of choice among some American vaccine skeptics. Novavax's shot is a more traditional type of vaccine employing technology that has been used for decades to combat diseases including Hepatitis B and influenza.

Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots.

Newly released documents showed the CDC planned to use phone location data to monitor schools and churches, and wanted to use the data for many non-COVID-19 purposes too.

More than 70 percent of non-organic fresh fruits and vegetables sold in the U.S. contain traces of potentially harmful pesticides, according to a new report from an advocacy group. The Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) 2022 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce highlights a variety of potentially unsafe produce based on residue tests conducted by federal agencies.

Two doses of COVID vaccine cut the risk of infection and mild illness from the rising BA.2 subvariant, although protection wanes quickly.

Health care employees looking to skirt the federal vaccine mandate and claim a religious exemption need to do little more than submit a short request to human resources. Take Clark Fork Valley Hospital in western Montana. When the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for health workers took effect earlier this month, roughly one-third of the hospitals’ workers were unvaccinated against Covid-19.

After graduating from Columbia University with a chemical engineering degree, my grandfather went on to work for Pfizer for almost two decades, culminating his career as the company’s Global Director of New Products. I was rather proud of this fact growing up — it felt as if this father figure, who raised me for several years during my childhood, had somehow played a role in saving lives.

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers wanted to know how well human beings are holding up against an onslaught of new variants. But, to figure out if our immune systems are up to the task would require a mathematical feat. So researchers turned to sophisticated computer models to find the answer.

Humans evolved to be interdependent, not self-sufficient

As the Academy reportedly won’t require vaccines or masks at this year’s ceremony, we’re not just curious who these unvaxxed celebs are, but what is the point of pandering to them?

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have concluded that lockdowns have done little to reduce COVID deaths but have had “devastating effects” on economies and numerous social ills. The study, titled “A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Lockdowns on COVID-19 Mortality,” said lockdowns in Europe and the U.S. reduced COVID-19 deaths by 0.2 percent.

The US is expected to approve coronavirus vaccines for children under the age of five by the end of February. Pfizer asked officials at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday to authorise two doses for the age group. The company is also researching a three-dose regimen but that data is not likely to be submitted until March.

Formula 1 is to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for all personnel this year. The move will mean no-one will be able to work within the paddock - F1's inner sanctum where the teams operate - without being fully vaccinated. The policy will apply to all personnel working within F1, including drivers, teams, media, hospitality workers and any guests who attend the races.

The COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer are messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines, a relatively new form of vaccine technology. COVID-19 vaccines work by giving our cells instructions on making a SARS-CoV-2 protein. Our immune system reacts to these proteins and creates the necessary tools to deal with any future virus infection.

Thirty-one states, as well as Washington, DC and Puerto Rico, are reporting decreasing or plateauing new COVID-19 case averages, ABC News reports, signaling that the massive surge caused by the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant may be receding.

More than two-thirds of the common side-effects people experience after a Covid jab can be attributed to a negative version of the placebo effect rather than the vaccine itself, researchers claim. Scientists in the US examined data from 12 clinical trials of Covid vaccines and found that the “nocebo effect” accounted for about 76% of all common adverse reactions after the first dose and nearly 52% after the second dose.