Future Vaccines Could Be Delivered By A Gentle Puff Of Air

Melanie Schlotzhauer (SPD, r), Senator for Labor, Health, Social Affairs, Family and Integration in Hamburg, and Matthias Boldt, Head of the Center for Vaccination Medicine, stand by a refrigerator with vaccines at a media appointment in the new premises of the Vaccination Center. The Center for Vaccination Medicine moved to the premises of the Institute of Hygiene at the beginning of February. CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS/SWNS TALKER

In findings from the American Chemical Society, good news for people who hate needles: future vaccines could be delivered by a gentle puff of air to the arm.

Scientists say the medicine being pushed through the skin, with just a little pressure, feels like being “hit with a Nerf bullet” – much less painful than a jab.