Vaccines
This Philly Scientist’s Technology Helped Make the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Possible
This week, American pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech released preliminary results from their Phase III clinical trial that showed the companies’ vaccine candidate […]
NextUp: The Company Developing Next-Generation COVID-19 Vaccines
“NextUp” is a weekly NextHealth PHL feature that highlights the local leaders, organizations and research shaping the Greater Philadelphia region’s life sciences ecosystem. Email qmuse@phillymag.com with pitches […]
We Mapped All the Places You Can Get a Flu Shot in Philadelphia
Fall season is officially here, which conjures autumnal “f” words — flannel, firepits, football, and that dreadful one, flu. The CDC advises that everyone six […]
COVID Vaccine Skepticism Is on the Rise. Here’s What Experts Say Could Change That.
There are currently over 169 COVID-19 vaccine candidates under development, with 26 of these in the human trial phase, according to the World Health Organization. […]
Coronavirus Has Mutated Into a New, Potentially More Infectious Strain
While the world continues to grapple with curves and waves of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s important to note that the virus itself is not new, […]
Inovio Embroiled in Lawsuits Around Its Potential COVID-19 Vaccine
Plymouth Meeting-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals has emerged as one of the leading companies working on a vaccine for COVID-19. We’ve covered the company’s vaccine development journey, […]
Government Can’t Force You to Get Vaccinated for Coronavirus But Here’s Why You Should
Vaccines have always been a divisive topic, primarily for parents who fear vaccines could have a negative effect on their children. No one has borne […]
The Coronavirus Vaccine Could Be Developed in Philly
There is some good news in the fight against the novel coronavirus. More than 100,000 people in the United States who were infected with the […]
Another Philly Company Joins the Race to Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine
As the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 continues to spread around the country and globe, scientists are thinking more about long-term implications. Researchers have yet to […]
Here’s How Long Until a COVID-19 Vaccine Is Ready
The COVID-19 outbreak that began nearly three months ago in Wuhan, China has since affected more than 150,000 people across 131 countries, including the United […]
Students Petition to Close Temple as Mumps Cases Exceed 70
Earlier this month, we wrote that the mumps outbreak at Temple University had spread to 15 cases. Now, just 10 days later, that number has soared to a […]
Measles, Mumps, Flu: Is This Philly’s Sickest Season in Recent Memory?
People getting sick — it’s unavoidable this time of year, part of the miserable chorus of winter’s song. Some illnesses, your run-of-the-mill colds and sinus […]
Pa. Announces Tougher School Vaccination Rules
Is your kid vaccinated? If not, you’ll want to get those shots ASAP. New Pa. health rules require children to be fully vaccinated when they […]
Whooping Cough at Four Abington Schools Has Parents On Edge
When Abington business owner Lisa Schaffer heard just before Christmas that a student at Abington High School had been diagnosed with whooping cough, she thought […]
Autism and Vaccines, Earthquakes and Malaysian Mountain Spirits
It isn’t often that I laugh out loud while reading the staid New York Times, but I did last Thursday as I perused a story […]