Pharmaceutical companies have rolled up their sleeves to develop a coronavirus vaccine, but there are unanswered questions about risk and cost.
If you ever needed proof that necessity is the mother of invention, you wouldn't have to look much further than the coronavirus crisis.But there are looming dilemmas when it comes to rollout and costsIn the last few weeks there has been a surge of research activity and innovation, as dozens of
"In reality, I would say at least a year," University of Queensland virologist Kirsty Short predicted. Breaking down the latest news and research to understand how the world is living through an epidemic, this is the ABC's Coronacast podcast.For example, a US firm working on a vaccine has made the controversial step of bypassing animal testing, and has begun testing on human subjects.
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