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 | Aug 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne’s new book, A Lab of One’s Own: One Woman’s Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science, co-authored with Dr. Rita Colwell, is available now. Dr. Colwell, a University of Washington graduate, is the former director of the National...
by Chris Tachibana | Jun 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
For the New Yorker, Elizabeth Eaves reports on a risky decision: relocating a major high-containment government biosafety lab from an isolated island to the middle of Kansas. We’re building more labs to study new pathogens, writes Elisabeth in the piece produced with...
by Chris Tachibana | Feb 5, 2012 | ScienceWire
The monthly newsletter VIDD Vitals takes us inside Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division with upcoming events and recent publications and awards. Mindy Miner profiles the institute’s biostaticians, scientists, and...
