Vaccines: a life insurance for humankind

France would be more suspicious of vaccines than more than 140 other countries, according to a global survey into how people around the world think and feel about science and major health challenges, published on June 19th, 2019. However, vaccines have made a key, cost-effective contribution to the prolongation of life expectancy and quality. Nowadays, vaccinology and immunology are facing challenges at the level of society, scientific innovation, and technology. In an article published at the end of 2018 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine,  researchers from the Institut Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti (member of the Institut Pasteur International Network) argue why vaccines represent a safety belt and a life insurance for humankind.

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