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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
Person with gloves preparing a shot

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
several vials of a vaccine

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
Dr. Fauci speaks during a Senate hearing

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
Covid patient wearing mask in a dark room

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
Albert Bourla, the CEO of Phizer, speaking to a group of people

Early COVID Vaccine Results Bode Well for an Approval This Year

The data are preliminary, however, and it is not yet clear whether the vaccine protects against severe disease

  • Publisher: Scientific American
November 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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Recent Articles

  • Lab Leak: A Scientific Debate Mired in Politics — and Unresolved
  • Booster Shots Against Scary COVID Virus Variants Are In the Works
  • New COVID Vaccines Need Absurd Amounts of Material and Labor
  • Fauci Explains How to End the COVID Pandemic
  • These Drugs Might Prevent Severe COVID

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  • These Drugs Might Prevent Severe COVID
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    Phage Therapy’s Latest Makeover

    • Publisher: Nature Biotechnology
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    The Virome Hunters

    • Publisher: Nature Biotechnology
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  • Many Pediatric Studies Are a Waste of Time

    • Publisher: Scientific American
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    First Deuterated Drug Approved

    • Publisher: Nature Biotechnology
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