Vaccines activate the immune system, training it to fight off certain viral and bacterial infections.
Vaccines aren’t just for kids. Thousands of adults go to the hospital each year for a serious (sometimes even deadly) disease they might have avoided if they had received the vaccination to prevent it.
Coronavirus is a term describes a family of viruses, common in both animals and humans.
Long COVID refers to new or recurring symptoms that occur four or more weeks after an infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
COVID-19 is the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2, the 2019 novel coronavirus.
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