Third COVID Vaccine Shot Boosts Protection in Israeli Study

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September 17, 2021

Vaccines Third COVID Vaccine Shot Boosts Protection in Israeli Study The risk of severe disease dropped by factor of almost 20 in people over 60—but some dispute the benefits of offering an additional dose By Max Kozlov,Nature magazine

Vaccines Vaccinate the World before Starting COVID Booster Shots Fewer than 0.5 percent of vaccine doses have been distributed to people living in low-income countries By Soumya Swaminathan,Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo,Mike Ryan

Evolution During a Rodent Quadrathlon, Researchers Learn That Ground Squirrels Have Personalities The rodents' personalities may help them to secure territory and avoid prey. By Maddie Bender | 04:59

Diversity The Longer Short List Effect How to increase the consideration of female candidates for male-gendered roles By Brian J. Lucas

Toxicology Immigrants in U.S. Detention Exposed to Hazardous Disinfectants Every Day The chemical concentrations exceed EPA limits, and new human studies suggest they could do long-term damage By Matthew Phelan

Animals How You Can Help Stop Invasive Spotted Lanternflies Scientists are collecting photographs of the insects' eggs to train an algorithm and curtail their rapid spread By Claire Marie Porter

Climate Change Scientists Flood Forests to Mimic Rising Seas The experiments will help better understand how much inundation trees can stand before they succumb By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Language It Isn't Just What You Say about Science; It's Also How You Say It Teaching scientists to talk to policymakers By Maya Kornberg

Climate Change Australian Bush Fires Belched Out Immense Quantity of Carbon The 2019–20 wildfires generated 700 million tonnes of carbon dioxide—but a lot of that might have been mopped up by phytoplankton in the ocean By Smriti Mallapaty,Nature magazine

Ethics Stop Torturing Animals in the Name of Science Four centuries after Descartes declared them to be mere machines that didn't feel fear or pain, we're still acting as though we don't know better By Hope Ferdowsian

Public Health A New Nurse Struggles to Save Patients in a New COVID Surge Cases peaked, then fell, then rose again. "It is so much worse this time" By Kathryn Ivey

Public Health Masks Protect Schoolkids from COVID despite What Antiscience Politicians Claim Florida governor Ron DeSantis and politicians in Texas say research does not support mask mandates. Many studies show they are wrong By Marla Broadfoot

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Should You Get a Booster Shot? Here's What We Know Experts weigh in on common questions about whether and when additional doses of coronavirus vaccines may be needed By Tanya Lewis | August 2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY "From a public-health perspective, it's way, way more impactful to get more people vaccinated than it is to boost the vaccine effectiveness by a few percentage points in those who have already gotten the vaccine." Ellie Murray, epidemiologist at Boston University

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