Hate needles? This vaccine spray could make them obsolete

But a new proof-of-concept study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that researchers may be closer to a less painful vaccinated future. The study tested MucoJet, a pill-sized vaccine spray, to see how effectively it might be able to administer vaccines inside the mouth, no sharp needles necessary.

Doug Ford: Following the historical line of the chemical industry

Two years ago in my last column for the year, I wrote about Tu YouYou, the Chinese woman scientist who was until 2011 unknown even in China for her work that saved many millions of lives after she found an effective treatment for malaria. I found her story particularly interesting because of a coincidental connection with my late wife, Oralie.