Pregnant and Unvaccinated: Delta's Deadly Toll

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October 01, 2021

Vaccines Pregnant and Unvaccinated: Delta's Deadly Toll The number of pregnant people suffering from severe COVID is preventable tragedy By Carolyn Barber

Public Health Why We Need to Upgrade Our Face Masks--and Where to Get Them High-quality respirators such as N95s and K95s are now widely available and provide the best protection against COVID, according to experts. Why aren't more people wearing them? By Tanya Lewis

Health Care Can Psychedelic Drugs Treat Physical Pain? LSD and psilocybin increasingly show promise as mental health treatments. Now universities and companies are exploring their use in pain management By Troy Farah

Climate Change California Battles Historic Drought with $5.2 Billion The state is using the money to upgrade drinking and wastewater systems, improve streamflows, and relocate vulnerable fish By Anne C. Mulkern,E&E News

Animals Night Flights Are No Sweat for Tropical Bees New research uses night vision to see how nocturnal bees navigate the dark. By Karen Hopkin | 03:58

Animals How Rootworms Sniff Carbon Dioxide to Devastate Corn Crops Scientists silenced CO2-sensing genes to determine how the destructive pests find their food By Tess Joosse

Space Exploration Even Rocket Launches Can't Escape COVID Pandemic-spawned supply-chain disruptions are delaying launches and development of satellites, lunar rovers and interplanetary missions By Irene Klotz

Medicine New Ideas about the Way Autoimmune Diseases Start and How to Stop Them Millions suffer from ailments such as type 1 diabetes and lupus, in which the body attacks itself By Josh Fischman

Pharmaceuticals Fringe Doctors' Groups Promote Ivermectin for COVID despite a Lack of Evidence The organizations touting unproved protocols for the antiparasitic drug may be harming vaccination efforts By Christina Szalinski

Computing An Unsung Female Pioneer of Computer Simulation A mid-20th-century computer experiment created a new field of science—and programmer Mary Tsingou Menzel is finally being given credit for her role in making it happen By Virginia Grant

Public Health Suicide Rates Rise in a Generation of Black Youth Multiple causes underlie a disturbing trend. The increase for girls is more than double that for boys By Melinda Wenner Moyer

Artificial Intelligence What Is Machine Learning, and How Does It Work? Here's a Short Video Primer Deep learning, neural networks, imitation games—what does any of this have to do with teaching computers to "learn"? By Michael Tabb,Jeffery DelViscio,Andrea Gawrylewski

Conservation Massively Reducing Food Waste Could Feed the World It would also greatly cut greenhouse gas emissions By Chad Frischmann,Mamta Mehra

Climate Change Pandemic Could Stymie Effort to Cut Health Care Emissions The strain from COVID will mean fewer resources and less attention on reducing carbon footprints By Ariel Wittenberg,E&E News

Policy 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: October 2021 Jupiter Pioneers get ready; wireless moths By Mark Fischetti

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Why COVID Vaccines Are Likely Safe for Pregnant People The scantness of available data leaves the decision up to the individual and their doctors, though benefits can outweigh risks in some cases By Mariana Lenharo | February 2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY "The Delta variant in unvaccinated pregnant patients is one of the most horrifying disease processes I've ever seen." Danielle Jones, obstetric hospitalist

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