Old Polio Vaccine Could Help Protect Against COVID-19, Experts Say
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- The University of Maryland School of Medicine doctor who helped co-discover the virus that causes AIDS is working to figure out if an old polio vaccine could help protect against COVID-19.
Scientists think this could help boost the immune system until there's a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Doctor Robert Gallo and the Baltimore-based Global Virus Network hope to begin studies on the oral polio vaccine soon, but they're waiting for federal approval before trials can begin.
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