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Bad Blood? The Uncertainty Around Microclots and Long Covid

Scientists are debating whether microscopic blood clots are responsible for the wide range of symptoms in long Covid.

  • Publisher: Undark
May 2024 sw_admin 0
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The Cost of Freeing Drinking Water from ‘Forever Chemicals’

The EPA is set to limit PFAS in drinking water to barely detectable levels. Can water utilities meet the standard?

  • Publisher: Undark
January 2024 sw_admin 0
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Why COVID Vaccines for Young Children Have Been Hard to Get

Access to pediatric COVID vaccines has been hampered by a shortage of doses, higher costs to providers and parental skepticism

  • Publisher: Scientific American
November 2023 sw_admin 0
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A Valuable COVID Drug Doesn’t Work against New Variants

Current monoclonal antibodies fail against COVID virus variants, so drugmakers want to use a fast-track test for new ones

  • Publisher: Scientific American
January 2023 sw_admin 0
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Omicron-Specific COVID Boosters Are Coming

The FDA has called for updating COVID vaccines to address the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. But will the shots keep up with the virus?

  • Publisher: Scientific American
July 2022 sw_admin 0
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What We Know About Omicron’s BA.2 Variant So Far

Does the new strain sweeping the globe mean COVID will become ever more contagious?

  • Publisher: Scientific American
April 2022 sw_admin 0

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About Me

I’m a science writer based in southern Maine. For more than two decades, I’ve been covering health, medicine, the environment, technology, and other topics for numerous publications.
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  • What the Science Says About Food Additives
  • Jimmy Carter, Who Has Died at Age 100, Spared Millions of People from Guinea Worm
  • The Elusive Payoff of Gain of Function Research
  • Gain-of-Function Research: All in the Eye of the Beholder
  • Nursing Homes Overuse ‘Chemical Restraints’ on Dementia Patients
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    • Publisher: Nature Biotechnology
    July 2021 0
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    Phage Therapy’s Latest Makeover

    • Publisher: Nature Biotechnology
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    Climate Anxiety

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    • Publisher: Harvard Medicine
    May 2023 0
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    Inflammation and Brain Health

    • Publisher: Harvard Medicine
    September 2021 0
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