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A new statistic shows that health-care workers are running out of space to treat COVID-19 patients.

Chicago hospitals struggle to recruit people of color, hit disproportionately hard by COVID, for vaccine research. ‘It will be a double tragedy if African Americans refuse to take the vaccine,’ one expert says.

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By giving the immune system a preview of the most critical part of the virus without causing disease, the vaccine gives the immune system time to design powerful antibodies that can neutralize the real virus.

It is a story that began three decades ago, with a little-known scientist who refused to quit.

Decades-long funding cuts for pandemic preparedness hamper coordinated distribution and equitable access. We must reimagine how to make life-saving vaccines available to everyone.

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Scientists at Columbia University have developed a treatment that blocks the virus in the nose and lungs, is inexpensive and needs no refrigeration.

The office was dedicated to the long-term safety of vaccines. Experts say plans to track coronavirus vaccines are fragmented and "behind the eight ball."