Hope — very cautious hope — that a vaccine may be at the door

But if this is so, an extra effort will be needed to make it available to all

10 May 2020 - 00:00 By KUMEREN GOVENDER

Nearly two centuries ago, Edward Jenner inoculated an eight-year-old boy with pus from cowpox blisters taken from a milkmaid. The boy miraculously developed protection from smallpox, thus pioneering the field of vaccinology. Today, the Jenner Institute, based at Oxford University, lives up to its namesake...

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