Tag Archives: Vaccine

Michelle Obama to appear in NBC vaccine special ‘Roll Up Your Sleeves’

Loading the player… NBC has joined forces with former First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Anthony Fauci to raise awareness about the importance of getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Read More: Michelle Obama, Steph Curry, and DJ Khaled share open letter supporting For the People Act The televised Roll Up Your Sleeves special, also featuring Hamilton’s… Read More »

Dynamic model of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein reveals potential new vaccine targets

A new, detailed model of the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein reveals previously unknown vulnerabilities that could inform development of vaccines. Mateusz Sikora of the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt, Germany, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Computational Biology. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.… Read More »

Most Americans probably won’t be able to get a Covid-19 vaccine until mid-2021, CDC director says

“Those who are vaccine hesitant have had their hesitancy enhanced by a variety of things that are happening right now, particularly the unfortunate mix of science and politics,” Collins said at an event hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. A recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that more than… Read More »

Ireland suspends AstraZeneca vaccine amid blood clot reports

Irish health officials have recommended the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of serious blood clotting after inoculations in Norway ByThe Associated Press March 14, 2021, 10:45 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article LONDON — Irish health officials on Sunday recommended the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca… Read More »