This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next for mRNA...
In the same way that we can train our immune systems to recognize viral proteins, we could also train them to recognize proteins on cancer cells....
We could do with better ways to protect ourselves from covid-19. While the number of covid-19 cases continues to decline—globally, weekly cases have fallen by around...
We all want to be able to speak our minds online—to be heard by our friends and talk (back) to our opponents. At the same time,...
After so much hype, it turns out vaccine manufacturer Novavax’s long-awaited COVID jab hit the market far too late. In its second quarter earnings on Monday,...
The global outbreak of monkeypox has so far led to more than 24,000 cases in over 80 countries, and the World Health Organization has warned that...
Bavarian Nordic was contracted to develop a safer smallpox vaccine for the US in the early 2000s, amid fears that smallpox could be used as a...
A new study estimates that COVID vaccines may have prevented 20 million deaths. Read More
From 7 a.m. until well past dusk, seven days a week, N. Sudhakar sits behind the counter of his hole-in-the wall grocery store in the south...
Vaccines are already being sent to those at high risk for exposure, such as healthcare workers. Read More