A novel preparation technique could facilitate vaccine preservation, transportation, and administration.

The idea of deliberately infecting volunteers with SARS-CoV-2 has garnered significant attention as a potential avenue to speedier development, as the World Health Organization weighs in with recommendations.

The study, conducted in Malawi, Kenya, and Ghana, did not obtain informed consent from each parent whose child participated, but rather considered consent “implied” because of the particular experimental design.

The public health emergency has spurred a mass vaccination campaign.

Mathematical models reveal that current vaccination rates in Texas schools could pave the way for the virus to spread to hundreds of people.

Just half of respondents in Eastern Europe agree that vaccines are safe.

Lymph from cattle proved more effective at inducing immunity to smallpox than the older, person-to-person method.

The World Health Organization and its partners will test the public health effect of immunization in parts of Malawi, Ghana, and Kenya.

Meet some of the people featured in the November 2018 issue of The Scientist.