Understanding mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases
• Description:
  Updated July 15, 2022
  
  What You Need to Know
  
  • Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines teach our cells how to make a protein that will trigger an immune response inside our bodies.
  
  • Researchers have been studying and working with mRNA vaccines for decades.
  
  • Like all vaccines, mRNA vaccines benefit people who get vaccinated by giving them protection against diseases like COVID-19 without risking the potentially serious consequences of getting sick.
  
  The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are messenger RNA vaccines, also called mRNA vaccines. Learn more about Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, including who can get them, doses, and ingredients.
  
  
• Subjects:
  2019-nCoV Vaccine MRNA-1273 BNT162 Vaccine Coronavirus Infections/prevention & Control COVID-19 Vaccines COVID-19/prevention & Control Immunogenicity, Vaccine RNA, Messenger RNA, Viral Vaccine Potency Vaccines, Synthetic Viral Vaccines

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• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Webpage
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
• Division:
  Division of Viral Diseases
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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