Is virus evolution making vaccine development more difficult?

From Quora: Viruses have not evolved to become “resistant” to vaccines the way that bacteria have evolved to become resistant to antibiotics. Vaccines don’t attack viruses directly, they just prime our immune systems to do so. Our immune systems and viruses have been battling it out for hundreds of millions of years, and the likelihood Read More …

Which drugs yield the highest life expectancy increase?

A drug that maximizes life expectancy has these characteristics: It prevents childhood mortality. Saving 6 year-olds has far more impact on life span than saving 60 year-olds. It provides a durable cure. It acts against highly prevalent diseases. It stops the disease from spreading, protecting even those who have not received it. If you guessed Read More …