Two of the vaccines we have for COVID-19 have the distinction of being the first mRNA vaccines to see widespread use in humans. But how do they work, and how are they different from all the ...

Cancer has long been medicine’s most elusive target, but a wave of new research suggests scientists may finally be closing in ...

RNA vaccines, such as those used against COVID-19, are effective at generating antibody responses. These antibodies are ...

COVID-19, and more rarely the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, can lead to inflammation of heart tissue in some individuals. A ...

The Stanford summary backs up the "rare" label with specific numbers: about one myocarditis case per 140,000 people after a ...

No matter where cancer cells grow in the human body, they are a threat to our health and our lives. But instead of treating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine soon after starting immune ...

WASHINGTON, DC: Jayanta Bhattacharya, Director of the National Institutes of Health. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Director of the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya, recently ...

Share on Pinterest RFK Jr.’s decision to pull funding for mRNA vaccines could thwart public health responses to future pandemics. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.