Find out how different vaccines for the coronavirus cause your body to create antibodies that fight the virus.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he's pulling the plug on nearly $500 million in funding for the development of mRNA vaccines. Here's how they work.

Vaccines boost the immune system's ability to fight off diseases. Vaccines undergo rigorous testing to ensure safety and effectiveness. Widespread vaccination contributes to herd immunity, protecting ...

Experts in vaccines and vaccination — including pediatricians — work together throughout the year to update the Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger. The ...

Vaccinations used to seem simple. Your doctor would tell you which to get, and you’d roll up your sleeve at the office or a nearby pharmacy. Now we’re seeing changing recommendations, and some people ...

A new vaccine design uses folded DNA to steer the immune system toward producing the rare immune cells needed to make protective antibodies against HIV.

After years of work, scientists have solved the mystery of an unusual side effect that impacted some recipients of the Oxford ...

The FDA is already about to start work on the vaccine for next season. — -- Flu season isn’t over yet, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that in less than two ...

Researchers are in the earliest phase of piecing together how the shingles vaccine could play a role in lowering the risk of dementia. MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the ...

Sievers is a vaccine researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Cambridge and the NIH Vaccine Research Center. I’m a vaccine researcher. And I’m terrified of needles. It’s not something I’m ...