by Susan Keown | Feb 26, 2024 | ScienceWire
For the Allen Institute, Jake Siegel writes about how populations of T cells change over the lifespan, shedding new light on why we all become more vulnerable to infection as we age. Using a new method developed at the institute, the researchers discovered a new...
by Susan Keown | Sep 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
For VOA, Elise Cutts (@EliseCutts) explains vaccine-derived poliovirus — implicated in the recent outbreak in New York — and lays out the risks and benefits of the two forms of vaccine: inactivated polio vaccine, which is used in the U.S., and the oral polio vaccine,...
by Chris Tachibana | Feb 3, 2013 | ScienceWire
Tag-team reporting from Tom Paulson, former NSWA President, and Keith Seinfeld, current NSWA secretary, covers the spectrum of news about flu shots. Keith’s reporting for KPLU shows that vaccination is our best bet for reducing influenza in the population. At KPLU’s...