Preliminary research indicates that a common vaccine, called the BCG vaccine, may offer significant protection against COVID-19. Good news: Preliminary research indicates that a common vaccine, called the BCG vaccine, may offer significant protection against COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know: Read Full Story

As vaccination sites expand, states need volunteers to help with the logistics of vaccinating the masses. Psssst. Are you eagerly seeking a COVID-19 vaccine but are not yet eligible in your state? There’s one possible path to getting that priceless stab in your arm that you can feel good about: Volunteering at a vaccination site, which could make you a frontline worker and therefore immediately eligible. Read Full Story

Dozens of companies worldwide are swiftly developing COVID-19 vaccines, with trillions of dollars and the health of the planet at stake. Here’s what you need to know. Dozens of companies worldwide are swiftly developing COVID-19 vaccines, with trillions of dollars and the health of the planet at stake. Here’s what you need to know: Read Full Story

If you are a citizen of certain countries, you may be in luck.

Most companies will probably stop short of requiring that all employees get vaccinated. But they could, with some exceptions. Not having the COVID-19 vaccine in your arm could get you the boot. Read Full Story

This is the comparison of the COVID-19 vaccines that are considered for their next application in Latin America.

Keeping the vaccine cold is just the first problem. Then you have to find enough people to vaccinate before your shipment expires. The enormous job of vaccinating the nation is underway, but for rural Americans, getting a COVID-19 vaccine becomes harder the farther they are from urban centers. Read Full Story

Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle, and electronic health record companies Epic and Cerner are all getting behind a single standard for vaccine certification. Before people can return to work, school, or travel, they may soon have to prove that they’ve been vaccinated for COVID-19. In order to both coordinate and track vaccination, a coalition of tech companies have come together to design an open-source standard for vaccination records that makes them portable between healthcare providers and certifies a person’s COVID-19 vaccination history. Read Full Story

This rapidly dissolving film could vaccinate you just by putting it on your tongue. The race is on to identify an effective vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. Once it’s discovered, the next challenge will be manufacturing and distributing it around the world. Read Full Story

As the public waits to learn more about the upcoming COVID-19 vaccines, Facebook is working to prevent baseless conspiracy theories from mucking up the discourse. Can it pull it off?