covid vaccine

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Life, unvaccinated: One Ohioan shares her story

BY: - August 28, 2020

As Ohio enters into its fifth month of the new coronavirus pandemic with no end in sight, all eyes have turned to the hope of a vaccine in the near future. A number of notable pharmaceutical companies have now begun stage three trials, making the possibility of a vaccine sometime in the next six months […]

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A COVID-19 vaccine needs the public’s trust – and it’s risky to cut corners on clinical trials, as Russia is

BY: - August 14, 2020

Russia’s announcement that a fast-tracked COVID-19 vaccine is registered there, with plans for quick distribution in the general population this fall, is being condemned by scientists worldwide. Findings from scientific studies of this vaccine, named “Sputnik V,” are not available. Large safety and efficacy trials are only now getting underway. But despite only two months […]