Doctors in Pennsylvania Developing COVID-19 Vaccine

Good news! According to local news outlets, scientists at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine announced they have found a potential vaccine against the new coronavirus that has spread into a pandemic.

UPMC said the scientists tested the vaccine on mice and found it produces antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2 that can neutralize the virus. Researchers dubbed the vaccine, which would be given through a fingertip-sized skin patch, PittCoVacc, short for Pittsburgh Coronavirus Vaccine.