vaccines

There have been at least 10 outbreaks of measles across twenty states already this year, an alarming and dramatic surge.

I explained that while we’ve been trying to create a universal flu vaccine for years without success, similar efforts are ongoing for COVID-19.

When I was in elementary school, I remember going to the county health department before every school year. There were many other kids there, and we were all there for the same reason: shots.

 

We began by exploring the difference between eradicating and controlling viruses.

The arrival of the next pandemic is a matter of when not if.

Vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit joins Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 67 of the Science Dispatch podcast to answers these questions and discuss his new book:

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During my lifetime, there have been several seminal breakthroughs in medicine that greatly changed our ability to prevent or treat disease. Part 1, below, describes several of them. I have a good idea of what some of the next ones will be.

Two senior FDA officials, including Dr.