An April 2021 New York Times article, Kati Kariko Helped Shield the World From the Coronavirus, recognizes her achievements. From the article:

"Now Katalin Kariko, 66, known to colleagues as Kati, has emerged as one of the heroes of Covid-19 vaccine development. Her work, with her close collaborator, Dr. Drew Weissman of the University of Pennsylvania, laid the foundation for the stunningly successful vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna."

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