COVID-19 has infected over 40 million people and claimed more than one million lives. Governments and non-profit and multinational organizations around the world are pouring unprecedented amounts of resources and efforts into the development and testing of safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines that could shield us against this disease. Why so many vaccine candidates? How do they work? How safe are they? How are the United States and the world tackling vaccine development, production, testing, and distribution?

Vaccine scientist Maria Elena Bottazzi, co-director of Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development at Baylor College of Medicine, will guide us to better understand this important topic.

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