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The quest for a universal coronavirus vaccine

Medicine

A growing number of researchers are working to develop a variant-proof vaccine that would provide lasting immunity against different strains of the coronavirus, as well as other types of coronaviruses.

A model of the coronavirus in red is displayed next to boxes of COVID-19 vaccines

China OKs first homegrown vaccine as COVID-19 surges globally

Health & Medicine
Four vertical syringes of SARS CoV-2 Vaccine for COVID-19

Pandemic set to widen global inequality

An illustration of a syringe, and inside it an hourglass keeping time

How and when will we know that a COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective?

Medicine
Two llamas in a field.

Could llama antibodies be the key to a coronavirus treatment?

COVID-19
A restaurant posts a closed sign in Melbourne

Returning travelers in quarantine hotels may have triggered Melbourne’s latest lockdown

COVID-19

After getting a taste of some version of normalcy, Melbourne went into another lockdown this week. Five million residents will be barred from leaving their homes except for essential reasons and orders between Victoria closed between neighboring states are shut down.

a theater. with red carpet is full of plants instead of an audience.

Barcelona opera reopens to full house — of plants

COVID-19

Puccini’s “Crisantemi” was played in Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu before an audience of 2,292 plants that filled the venue to capacity.

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