Governments across the world are turning to vaccine mandates as the Delta variant continues to wreak havoc and vaccine uptake in some communities begin to slow down. New Zealand - which has abandoned its COVID-Zero strategy amid persistent infections - introduced last week a “no jab, no job” policy for doctors and teachers, while neighbouring Fiji says all of its public and private sector workers are liable to lose their jobs if they fail to get fully inoculated by November. In the United States (US), where a surge of infections this summer disrupted plans to restore some sense of normality

The coronavirus pandemic has made vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna and the mRNA technology that they use into household names.  These types of jabs are new but researchers have been working for decades to try to figure out how to use messenger RNA for other vaccinations and to treat illnesses from AIDS to cancer.  How Does It Work?  Messenger RNA's job in the body is to help deliver specific instructions from DNA to cells. In the case of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna jabs, lab-generated mRNA tells human cells to create antigens – proteins that are similar to ones found in the

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Russia Daily Deaths Pass 1,000 Russia records 1,000 deaths over 24 hours for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic – a new record for a third day running – with less than a third of Russians vaccinated and few restrictions in place.  The Kremlin, which says authorities have to ensure "the economy continues working", has avoided re-introducing major measures despite calling the vaccination rate unacceptably low. It also insists Russia's medical system is not overwhelmed and could take in the rising number of