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David L. Hoey, president and CEO of Vaxxas, Cambridge, MA, and Brisbane, Australia.
Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago.
Jasdave Chahal, PhD, co-founder and chief scientist, Tiba Biotech, Cambridge, MA, and Brisbane, Australia.
Vaxart news release: “Vaxart Announced Positive Top-line Phase II clinical Study Data Demonstrating Safaety and Immunogenicity of Its Wuhan S-Only COVID-19 Pill Vaccine Candidate.”
Mark Herr, spokesperson, Vaxart Inc.
The Commonwealth Fund: “Two Years of U.S. COVID-19 Vaccines Have Prevented Millions of Hospitalizations and Deaths.”
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CDC: COVID Data Tracker, “Needle Fears and Phobias—Find Ways to Manage.”
U.S. Specialty Formulations news release: “Research Demonstrates Benefits of Oral COVID-19 Vaccine.”
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Executive Office of the President: “Statement of Administration Policy.”
Science: “Mosaic RBD nanoparticles protect against challenge by diverse sarbecoviruses in animal models.”
Caltech news release: “Nanoparticle Vaccine Protects Against a Spectrum of COVID-19-causing Variants and Related Viruses.”
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Cell: “Intranasal pediatric parainfluenza virus-vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is protective in monkeys.”
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U.S. Specialty Formulations news release: “Research demonstrates benefits of oral COVID-19 vaccine.”