Biology
Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts
Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly, as some earlier reports suggested.
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Scientists explore why some people are able to live with an infection unscathed
What if your body could corral an infection instead of eliminating it? Immunologists who see this in plants wonder what role it might play in asymptomatic COVID-19 infections.
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Air Date: August 28, 2020
Listen 49:44Air Date: August 14, 2020
Listen 48:47How a brain injury turned a teenager from shy to sociable
A race-car accident shook her frontal lobes and cerebellum like a baby rattle, doctors said. Personality change after a trauma like that isn’t uncommon.
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Listen 6:42‘Sea lice’ reported at N.J. beaches is actually jellyfish larvae, biologist says
Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said the larvae were likely pushed to New Jersey from Florida by Tropical Storm Isaias.
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Air Date: July 31, 2020
Listen 49:13How Tech is Changing the Way We Talk
Air Date: July 24, 2020
Listen 48:36Air Date: July 17, 2020
Listen 48:42First COVID-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final testing
The vaccine will start its most important step around July 27: A 30,000-person study to prove if the shots really are strong enough to protect against the coronavirus.
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US bets on untested company to deliver COVID-19 vaccine
The commitment to ApiJect dwarfs the other needle orders the government has placed with a major manufacturer and two other small companies.
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WHO: Aerosolized particles unlikely to be significant source of COVID-19 transmission
The World Health Organization has issued a new scientific brief that summarizes what's known about the different ways the coronavirus can transmit.
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Air Date: July 3, 2020
Listen 49:07This coronavirus doesn’t change quickly, and that’s good news for vaccine makers
Scientists are monitoring the virus that causes COVID-19 for genetic changes that could make a vaccine ineffective. But so far, they're not seeing any.
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Essential vocab for COVID-19: From asymptomatic to zoonotic
The pandemic has brought many new terms into daily usage. Here are definitions of some of the words used in discussion of the novel coronavirus and how to stem its spread.
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