Vaccines

The innoculations and boosters that continue to change the world.

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A vaccine pharmacist prepares blind samples as part of an HIV vaccine trial on March 16, 2022 in Masaka, Uganda.
Diseases

Another HIV vaccine candidate fails in clinical trial

By Laura Baisas

A woman with a bandage after receiving a vaccine.
Diseases

Late-stage trials show efficacy of Moderna’s RSV vaccine in older adults

By Laura Baisas

Every year in Texas, it rains rabies vaccines for coyotes and foxes
Animals

Every year in Texas, it rains rabies vaccines for coyotes and foxes

By Dac Collins / Outdoor Life

Certain funguses are deadly for frogs. Could ‘vaccinating’ them help?
Animals

Certain funguses are deadly for frogs. Could ‘vaccinating’ them help?

By Andrea Adams / The Conversation

Ebola vaccines in African countries successfully produced antibodies in kids and adults
Diseases

Ebola vaccines in African countries successfully produced antibodies in kids and adults

By Laura Baisas

A syringe and vial of a COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19

Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines now available for children under 5 in the US

By Laura Baisas

EVO ICL lens implanted in the diagram of an eye with yellow, pink, and blue Best of What's New 2022 Health design on right
Best of What's New

The most powerful health innovations of 2022

By Kate Baggaley, Purbita Saha

Woman wearing face mask while looking at phone while standing in subway car
COVID-19

Twitter quietly removed its ban on COVID-19 misinformation last week

By Andrew Paul

Baby with RSV in hospital ventilator. Nurse with blue glove is holding their foot.
Diseases

Fighting RSV in babies starts with a mother’s antibodies

By Ben Guarino

A potential vaccine for pregnant mothers could quell the surge of serious RSV cases
Diseases

A potential vaccine for pregnant mothers could quell the surge of serious RSV cases

By Laura Baisas

a black and white picture cut out of two men in lab coats looking at vials on a lab bench that has a microscope. in purple behind them is text of an old news article, with the headline "science closes in on the common cold"
COVID-19

Why we still don’t have a vaccine for the common cold

By Bill Gourgey

Scientist's gloved hands using syringe to fill vaccine shot
AI

AI moderators can’t keep up with vaccine disinformation’s newest language: emojis

By Andrew Paul

a closeup of honeybees on honeycomb
Agriculture

The first honeybee vaccine could protect the entire hive, starting with the queen

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

The risk of heart inflammation is higher for COVID infections than the vaccine
COVID-19

The risk of heart inflammation is higher for COVID infections than the vaccine

By Laura Baisas

Oxford/AstraZeneca nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine fails first trial
COVID-19

Oxford/AstraZeneca nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine fails first trial

By Laura Baisas

A diabetes management kit.
COVID-19

Why we should be looking out for diabetes in young people with COVID

By Laura Baisas

a person with a colorful tattoo arm receives a vaccine and bandaid from a health care professional
COVID-19

What you need to know about getting the new COVID-19 booster

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Up close image of mosquito.
Animals

New four-dose malaria vaccine is up to 80 percent effective

By Laura Baisas

China approves world’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine booster
COVID-19

China approves world’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine booster

By Laura Baisas

Close-up at the syringe, vial and hands of a woman preparing the Moderna COVID booster shot
COVID-19

Omicron boosters are the future of COVID vaccines in the US

By Philip Kiefer

A gloved hand drawing a vaccine.
COVID-19

FDA green lights Omicron-targeting mRNA vaccine boosters

By Laura Baisas

What to know about polio boosters, oral vaccines, and your medical history records
Diseases

What to know about polio boosters, oral vaccines, and your medical history records

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Mother in yellow shirt and blue head wrap with child strapped to back at a COVID vaccine clinic in South Africa
COVID-19

As COVID vaccines reach kids worldwide, a gap in Africa leaves everyone exposed

By Abdullahi Tsanni

Doctor drawing up Covid-19 vaccine from glass phial bottle and filling syringe injection for vaccination.
COVID-19

Omicron-specific COVID vaccine approved in the UK

By Laura Baisas

A child wearing a mask receives a squirt of a nasal vaccine.
COVID-19

The White House (sort of) has a plan to create more resilient COVID vaccines

By Philip Kiefer

Pad with red sequins next to two tampons, yellow hormone pills, and an alarm clock to represent irregular periods
COVID-19

How do vaccines affect periods? A big COVID survey lays out some clues.

By Kate Baggaley

A small child is having a bandage put on his arm after receiving a shot. A caregiver stands behind him.
COVID-19

Young kids will likely have COVID vaccine access in the next few weeks

By Philip Kiefer

A health worker prepares a malaria vaccination for a child at Yala Sub-County hospital, in Yala, Kenya, on October 7, 2021.
Health

Why did it take 35 years to get a malaria vaccine?

By Pratik Pawar / Undark

A girl getting vaccinated.
COVID-19

Children 5 to 11 can now get COVID boosters

By Hannah Seo

A collage of images from the Popular Science article “How they’re closing in on polio” by Marguerite Clark, May 1953
Health

From the archives: During a devastating polio epidemic, a vaccine was finally on the horizon

By Bill Gourgey

A single HPV vaccine is effective against the disease, a new study shows.
Cancer

A single HPV vaccine dose can protect against cervical cancer

By Hannah Seo

Food and Drug Administration headquarters in Washington, DC hosting a COVID vaccine booster meeting
COVID-19

The FDA is inching closer to a long-term COVID booster plan

By Philip Kiefer

a woman wearing a mask finished receiving a shot and is getting a bandaid on her arm
COVID-19

Everything you should know about getting a second COVID booster

By Kate Baggaley

Protesters oppose Russia's attack on Ukraine, which is causing a health care crisis.
Health

Russia is destroying Ukraine’s healthcare system

By Hannah Seo

moderna covid shot
COVID-19

Moderna’s latest COVID vaccine trial for kids offers ‘really good news’

By Hannah Seo

a patient receives a covid shot
COVID-19

mRNA COVID vaccines pose no serious risks for immunocompromised people

By Kate Baggaley

A doctor puts a bandage on a woman's arm.
COVID-19

A new kind of COVID vaccine could soon be available internationally

By Hannah Seo

US vaccine card with Johnson & Johnson dose written in
COVID-19

Will the world run out of COVID vaccines?

By Kate Baggaley

A man wearing a surgical mask is vaccinated by a healthcare worker wearing gloves.
COVID-19

Just had COVID? Here’s when you should get a booster.

By Philip Kiefer

Why young orphans were once used as human refrigerators
Animals

Why young orphans were once used as human refrigerators

By Popular Science Team

A doctor talks to a patient who is sitting on an MRI machine's bed.
Health

Who gets an organ transplant? Waitlist rules are complicated.

By Philip Kiefer

A clinician readies a vaccine for injection.
Health

The first people have received an experimental mRNA HIV vaccine

By Hannah Seo

A Uzbekistani doctor holds up a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in front of the company's logo.
COVID-19

A COVID vaccine for young US children may be closer than ever

By Hannah Seo

Kid in surgical mask and green shirt holding a COVID vaccination card because of a mandate
COVID-19

What the Supreme Court’s decision on vaccine mandates means for Americans

By Debbie Kaminer / The Conversation

Woman with tissue sneezing
COVID-19

Hearing people talk about ‘flurona?’ Here’s the deal.

By Hannah Seo

A woman gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to a young person while both wear masks
COVID-19

The FDA just announced new booster guidelines for kids ages 12 to 15

By Hannah Seo

A nurse in a mask and gown writes in a medical chart in front of a patient in a hospital bed.
COVID-19

Here’s more evidence that vaccines help against Omicron

By Philip Kiefer

New study finds booster protection against Omicron drops at 10 weeks
COVID-19

New study finds booster protection against Omicron drops at 10 weeks

By Hannah Seo

It’s too early to dismiss Omicron as a mild COVID variant
COVID-19

It’s too early to dismiss Omicron as a mild COVID variant

By Philip Kiefer

A gloved hand holds a vial of COVID vaccine.
COVID-19

Why the CDC now recommends mRNA COVID vaccines over J&J’s

By Hannah Seo

The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s how we know it’s safe.
COVID-19

The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s how we know it’s safe.

By Kate Baggaley

Three nicotine plants with flowers in a sunny field.
COVID-19

This new COVID vaccine uses plants as factories for viral proteins

By Philip Kiefer

A plastic plate with differently colored wells, being held up to a light by gloved hands.
COVID-19

Researchers are racing to figure out if Omicron can beat our vaccines

By Philip Kiefer

Spiky cactus and SARS-CoV-2 viral particles on a pale yellow background to represent COVID vaccines and infertility misinformation
COVID-19

These urologists are setting the record straight about penises and COVID

By Hallie Lieberman

astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine vials
COVID-19

New information may explain why the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine caused blood clots

By Hannah Seo

You can get a COVID booster shot. Here’s what else you need to know.
COVID-19

You can get a COVID booster shot. Here’s what else you need to know.

By Philip Kiefer

A gloved hand drawing a vaccine.
COVID-19

Which COVID-19 booster should I get?

By Philip Kiefer

Three white and pink Pfizer COVID antiviral pills in plastic packaging.
COVID-19

You might not be ‘fully vaccinated’ soon

By Elana Spivack

A blonde child running with open arms toward an elderly woman who is ready to hug him, in a room decorated for the holidays with a lot of food on the table.
COVID-19

When to get your kids vaccinated in time for the holidays

By Jean Levasseur

A woman in white and a child wearing a pink shirt and brown pants lying on a white bed, talking.
COVID-19

How to talk with your kids about the COVID vaccine

By Jean Levasseur

Person with luggage traveling through airport during COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19

Some people have a gene that could make COVID far more deadly

By Margo Milanowski

A model heart
COVID-19

How dangerous is myocarditis? The truth about the scary-sounding condition.

By Philip Kiefer

HPV vaccination in the UK has prevented thousands of cases of cervical cancer
Cancer

HPV vaccination in the UK has prevented thousands of cases of cervical cancer

By Hannah Seo

A boy gets a vaccine while sitting on his mom's lap.
COVID-19

Why are kids’ immune systems different from adults’?

By Philip Kiefer

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