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A health worker administering a Covid-19 vaccine in Ecuador, 2022 (Credit: Getty Images)
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Do any Covid jabs work on all variants?

By David Cox

MRI image of the brain (Credit: Alamy)
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What Covid-19 could do to our brains
By David Cox
A lab technician working on a vaccine at Sinovac Biotech in China (Credit: Getty Images)
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The dash for new Covid-19 vaccines
By David Cox
From left-right, drawings of measles, scarlet fever, and smallpox (Credit: Alamy)
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The virus that causes 'immune amnesia'
By Zaria Gorvett
Compulsory vaccination in Jersey City, New Jersey (Credit: Alamy)
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The long history of vaccine mandates
By Christine Ro
An Israeli health worker preparing to administer a booster shot (Credit: Getty Images)
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Do we really need third vaccine doses?
By Zaria Gorvett
Queue of people and vaccine (Credit: Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images)
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Why some people don't want a vaccine
By David Robson
Studying people who show unusual levels of resistance or susceptiblity to Covid-19 may lead to new treatments (Credit: Ernesto Benavides/Getty Images)
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The people with high Covid resistance
By David Cox
Voters in a socially distanced queue in Caracas (Credit: Getty Images)
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Can vaccinated people spread Covid-19?
By Zaria Gorvett
A scientist holding up a vial of Covid-19 vaccine (Credit: Getty Images)
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How effective is a single vaccine dose?
By Zaria Gorvett
Man and child with anti-Covid helmets (Credit: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Here’s why vaccination beats infection
By Zaria Gorvett
The cells from WI-38 were never restricted, which means they could be shared freely with scientists around the world (Credit: Andrew Brookes/Getty Images)
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The cells that saved 10 million lives
By Zaria Gorvett
Aqualene, an oil made from shark livers, is is a key ingredient in one leading squalene (Credit: Wildstanimal/Getty Images)
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The surprising ingredients in vaccines
By Zaria Gorvett
Older man in mask (Credit: Getty Images)
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Why the elderly are harder to vaccinate
By William Park
Person stopping flu virus (Credit: Getty Images)
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How Covid-19 is changing the flu
By Zaria Gorvett
Vaccines need to be kept in a special variety of glass, and often need to be kept in ultra-cold refrigeration (Credit: Getty Images)
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Why a vaccine is so hard to make
By Peter Ray Allison