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Tons of COVID Medical Garbage Threaten Health

Burning piles of used gloves, test kits and syringes release toxic pollutants. But there are ways to improve medical recycling

  • Publisher: Scientific American
March 2022 sw_admin 0
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Looks like non-mRNA vaccines can be as good as Pfizer and Moderna in certain scenarios

A new study in Mexico shows that non-mRNA vaccines like the Russian version can be as effective as mRNA vaccines like Pfizer if the patient has previously been infected with SARS-CoV-2.

  • Publisher: NPR
February 2022 sw_admin 0
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What’s Holding Up New Omicron Vaccines?

Vaccine makers worry yet another variant will start dominating in the months it takes to roll out shots against this one

  • Publisher: Scientific American
January 2022 sw_admin 0
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Scientists Square Off Over Covid, Wuhan, and Peter Daszak

A group of academics claim the president of EcoHealth Alliance has misled the public amid Covid origins investigations.

  • Publisher: Undark
January 2022 sw_admin 0

Fauci on COVID Drugs, Vaccines and Getting Back to Normal

The U.S.’s top infectious disease specialist describes a new Biden administration program to develop and test antivirals—and what he’s most worried about as the nation reopens

  • Publisher: Scientific American
July 2021 sw_admin 0
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There Are Few Good COVID Antivirals, but That Could Be Changing

Developing pills that block the novel coronavirus has been challenging. A new Biden administration program aims to boost the effort

  • Publisher: Scientific American
July 2021 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
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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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