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New Coronavirus Variants Are Urgently Being Tracked around the World

Genomic sequencing efforts are limited in developing countries, but scientists are mobilizing to help

  • Publisher: Scientific American
June 2021 sw_admin 0
Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in February, as members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the Covid-19 coronavirus pay a visit.

Lab Leak: A Scientific Debate Mired in Politics — and Unresolved

More than a year into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, some scientists say the possibility of a lab leak never got a fair look.

  • Publisher: Undark
March 2021 sw_admin 0
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Booster Shots Against Scary COVID Virus Variants Are In the Works

Vaccine makers are designing follow-up shots, based on new mutations, to keep the disease at bay

  • Publisher: Scientific American
February 2021 sw_admin 0
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New COVID Vaccines Need Absurd Amounts of Material and Labor

Companies are scrambling to obtain supplies for hundreds of millions of doses of a type of vaccine that has never been made at this scale before

  • Publisher: Scientific American
January 2021 sw_admin 0
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Fauci Explains How to End the COVID Pandemic

The country’s leading expert on infectious diseases shares his thoughts on resolving the current public health crisis and preparing for the next

  • Publisher: Scientific American
December 2020 sw_admin 0
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These Drugs Might Prevent Severe COVID

Even with vaccines on the way, treatments are needed to prevent the disease from getting worse—and to be ready for COVID-25, COVID-37, and so on

  • Publisher: Scientific American
December 2020 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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  • Nursing Homes Overuse ‘Chemical Restraints’ on Dementia Patients
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    • Publisher: Nature Biotechnology
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    • Publisher: Nature Biotechnology
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    Climate Anxiety

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    • Publisher: Harvard Medicine
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    Inflammation and Brain Health

    • Publisher: Harvard Medicine
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