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The Science Behind The Historic mRNA Vaccine
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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Dec 17, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Millions of doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, just days ago granted emergency use authorization by the FDA, are being distributed across the country. It's the first widely-available vaccine to use something called mRNA technology. So, with the help of epidemiologist Rene Najera, Maddie explains the science behind this vaccine and how it was developed so quickly.Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.
Released:
Dec 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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