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By Alice Klein Vaccines for the HPV virus, picture above, are linked to lower rates of premature birthBSIP SA / Alamy Widespread HPV vaccination appears to have prevented thousands of premature births in Australia, and could lead to improvements in infant health worldwide. Women who have had HPV – the human papilloma virus that causes genital…

From Bill Gates to Angela Merkel, experts and political leaders think the only way to return to normal after the pandemic is to develop a vaccine and immunize billions of people against coronavirus. But as the world races to develop a coronavirus vaccine, policymakers may struggle to convince people to get immunized. Genuine fears about debunked…

Food and Drug Administration gave Moderna the go-ahead for the second phase earlier this month.If those trials go well, a vaccine could become available for widespread use by the end of this year or early 2021, Dr. Tal Zaks, Moderna’s chief medical officer, said in an interview. How many doses might be ready is not…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A Johns Hopkins University health expert on Sunday said a vaccine for the novel coronavirus may arrive by the end of year, but don’t “bank on it.” Dr. Tom Inglesby, the director of the Center for Health Security of the Johns…

Governments and drugmakers are weighing how to roll out coronavirus vaccines, including reserving the first batches for health-care workers, as several shots race to early leads. Of more than 100 vaccines in development globally, at least eight have started testing in humans, including candidates from Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc. At the same time, pharmaceutical…