COVID-19 vaccine

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COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Gloved hands draw liquid from a vial into a syringe, overlaid on a digitally colored microscopic image of a virus with round particles in clusters.

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COVID-19 vaccine: Media

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Gloved hands draw liquid from a vial into a syringe, overlaid on a digitally colored microscopic image of a virus with round particles in clusters.

How we develop new vaccines

Worried about diphtheria? No? Thank vaccines.

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COVID-19 vaccine

Doctor holding a syringe and bottle containing a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Vial containing Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, one of the first mRNA vaccines to be approved...

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