As governments begin rolling out the biggest vaccine drives in history, a look at mass vaccination campaigns of the past offers insight into mistakes.
Los estudios de laboratorio sobre las mutaciones que circulan en Sudáfrica sugieren que pueden esquivar algunas de las respuestas inmunes del cuerpo.
Laboratory studies of mutations circulating in South Africa suggest they may dodge some of the body’s immune responses.
The influenza outbreak killed more than 20,000 New Yorkers and 675,000 Americans. It might have dominated the news, if not for World War I.
Even as older adults await the coronavirus vaccine, many are skipping the standard ones. That’s not wise, health experts say.
Musical medicine? Corona-fighting herbs? “Human beings haven’t changed all that much,” a marketing professor says of the similarities between ads from 1918 and recent months.
Particularly in the early months of vaccination, many activities should wait, experts say — and plan to keep your masks.
Despite early worries, flu patients are not competing with Covid-19 patients for ventilators, and the threat of dueling outbreaks may be waning.
Las nuevas vacunas probablemente evitarán que te enfermes del coronavirus. Pero aún no se sabe si evitarán que transmitas el virus a otros.
The new vaccines will probably prevent you from getting sick with Covid. No one knows yet whether they will keep you from spreading the virus to others — but that information is coming.
Officials and scientists fought misinformation with data and clear communication — offering a game plan for the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, experts say.