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A note from...
Lynne Anderson
Senior Health + Medicine Editor
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Much of the concern about the coronavirus stems from the fact that there is currently no vaccine. Prevention of the spread of infectious diseases, such as influenza and measles, depends upon getting people vaccinated. This could be a big factor in whether or not the outbreak worsens.
The good news is that researchers at several labs across the world are on the case and trying to create an effective vaccine for the coronavirus. The bad news: It could be months before one is available, explain Aubree Gordon, a professor of public health at the University of Michigan, and Florian Krammer, a virologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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