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According to the National Immunization Survey, conducted last summer with responses from 7,000 Americans, the flu shot is the only recommended adult vaccine that most Americans could name. Only 3% to 18% could name each of the others, which include pneumococcal disease; hepatitis A; hepatits B; tetanus, diphtheria, and...
In the decades since, we've put writing and reporting about science at the heart of our editorial mission, bringing generations of readers news on such sweeping stories as the hunt for a polio vaccine, the race to the moon, the study of human origins, the battle against AIDS, the...
TA-CD is currently designed as a therapeutic drug, however, not a preventive, says Kosten. For people struggling to overcome addiction or avoid relapse, the vaccine can reduce the rate of uptake of cocaine and slow the high. Even still, determined users can thwart the vaccine by taking more cocaine...
Meanwhile cocaine use continues to rise in other countries, particularly in Europe, where Kosten consults on similar vaccine research. He is also working on a methamphetamine vaccine in the U.S., and a heroin vaccine in China, where increasing heroin use has been linked to skyrocketing rates of AIDS and hepatitis...
As complicated as the puzzle of addiction may be, Kosten believes that the 21st-century war against drug abuse can be waged as successfully as last century's global fight against infectious disease. It may not be a magic pill, but Kosten hopes the TA-CD vaccine will be the...