The Download: Down the Mandela effect rabbit hole, and the promise of a vaccine for colds
Quick question: Does the Fruit of the Loom logo feature a cornucopia? Many of us have been wearing the company’s T-shirts for decades, and yet...
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Here’s why we don’t have a cold vaccine. Yet.
That approach wouldn’t work for the common cold, because all those hundreds of variants are circulating all the time, says McLean. That’s not to say...
Why today is the easiest time to be a conspiracy theorist
The witch craze could not have traveled as far or lasted as long without the printing press. Malleus Maleficarum (Hammer of the Witches), a 1486...
The Download: The CDC’s vaccine chaos
Every year, MIT Technology Review selects one individual whose work we admire to recognize as Innovator of the Year. For 2025, we chose Sneha Goenka,...
A pivotal meeting on vaccine guidance is underway—and former CDC leaders are alarmed
On Thursday, an advisory CDC panel that develops vaccine guidance met for a two-day discussion on multiple childhood vaccines. During the meeting, which was underway...