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New Study Shows A Zika Vaccine May Be On The Horizon
ResumeScientists are working to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus. Tuesday, a team led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center announced that they may have moved one step closer to finding that vaccine — or two vaccines, actually.
The study finds that mice injected with the two experimental vaccines were almost completely immune to Zika for up to two months.
Guests
Carey Goldberg, editor of WBUR's CommonHealth blog. She tweets @commonhealth.
Dr. Dan H. Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
This segment aired on June 28, 2016.