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Listen: How close is a safe COVID-19 vaccine that works?

How far off is a COVID-19 vaccine? There's more work to be done, but we're on the path, an expert says. Here, she explains how vaccines become reality.
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The COVID-19 vaccine is on track to become the fastest-developed vaccine in history, but that doesn’t mean critical steps are being skipped, Ruth Karron argues.

Ruth Karron, who leads the Center for Immunization Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is one of the top vaccine experts in the world, serving on vaccine committees for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and the US Food and Drug Administration.

Here, she explains where things stand in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine and how that process will unfold in the months ahead:

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