Breadcrumb Home News Successful MERS vaccine in mice may hold promise for COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, April 7, 2020 UI Hospitals & Clinics https://uihc.org/news/successful-mers-vaccine-mice-may-hold-promise-covid-19-va… Researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia have developed a vaccine that fully protects mice against a lethal dose of MERS, a close cousin of the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Read more on uihc.org