'Breakthrough' Infections Do Not Mean COVID Vaccines Are Failing

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August 04, 2021

Public Health 'Breakthrough' Infections Do Not Mean COVID Vaccines Are Failing Getting flu again postinoculation is more common than a return case after a COVID shot By Emily Willingham

Vaccines Governor Makes Personal Plea to Reluctant Arkansans to Get Vaccinated The Republican went to Blytheville, Texarkana and other municipalities in the state to allay people's fears By Governor Asa Hutchinson

Climate Change Meet the New Yorkers Mapping the City's Heat Islands Similar work in San Francisco, Atlanta and other locations is revealing which parts of a city get hottest and why By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

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Weather 5G Wireless Could Interfere with Weather Forecasts Satellite tracking of water vapor, critical for accurate forecasts, may be foiled by cellphone tower transmissions By John Fialka,E&E News

Evolution The Secret behind Songbirds' Magnetic Migratory Sense A molecule found in the retinas of European robins seems to be able to sense weak magnetic fields, such as that of Earth, after it is exposed to light. By Christopher Intagliata | 02:54

Policy Deaf Children in Developing Countries Are Getting Inferior Cochlear Implants The technology they receive is often obsolete or has never been used in wealthier nations By Michele Friedner

Natural Disasters See Ominous Supercell Storm Clouds as They Barrel across the U.S. These storms can unleash hail, lighting and—most notoriously—tornadoes By Leslie Nemo

Extraterrestrial Life Future Space Travel Might Require Mushrooms Mycologist Paul Stamets discusses the potential extraterrestrial uses of fungi, including terraforming planets, building human habitats—and providing psilocybin therapy to astronauts By Nick Hilden

Space Exploration Can the U.S. and China Cooperate in Space? China's meteoric rise in space science and exploration—along with its new partnership with Russia—is spurring U.S. experts to reconsider a long-standing prohibition on bilateral collaborations By Leonard David

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FROM THE ARCHIVE COVID, Quickly, Episode 11: Vaccine Booster Shots, and Reopening Offices Safely Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American's senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. By Tanya Lewis,Josh Fischman,Maddie Bender,Jeffery DelViscio | July 2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY "Anecdotally, from talking to my friends and family and on social media, I think people are more concerned about these breakthrough infections than their prevalence would lead you to be." Tara Smith, professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health at Kent State University

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