New universal coronavirus vaccine could prevent future pandemics
Study from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows a vaccine could be effective against COVID-19, its variants -- and future coronavirus pandemics
Shantell M. Kirkendoll ,
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021
David R. Martinez in the lab on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. Photo by Jon Gardiner at UNC-Chapel Hill.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Scientists at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health have developed a vaccine that could be effective against COVID-19, its variants — and a future coronavirus pandemic.
While no one knows which virus may cause the next outbreak, coronaviruses remain a threat after causing the SARS outbreak in 2003 and the global COVID-19 pandemic.