Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said mRNA COVID-19 vaccines should not be used, citing concerns that small DNA fragments in the vaccines pose a “unique and elevated risk to human health.” ...
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo speaks before a bill signing by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon, Fla. WLRN has partnered with PolitiFact to fact-check Florida politicians. The ...
On Wednesday Florida’s state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo called for stopping the use of messenger RNA–based COVID vaccines, citing—without convincing evidence—concerns about DNA fragments from the ...
Biochemist Katalin Karikó and immunologist Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Monday for their foundational research showing that chemical modifications to the molecular ...
Many people first learned about mRNA vaccines during the coronavirus pandemic, when the companies Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna released their COVID-19 vaccines. The Pfizer-BioNTech shot was the first ...
A trio of mRNA molecules could help guard against the harmful effects of aging on immune cells, a study in mice finds. A new ...