by Chris Tachibana | Sep 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
Wayt Gibbs (@WaytGibbs) has the quintessential 2020 podcasts for Scientific American’s Science Talk. Wayt talks with medical ethicist Arthur Caplan about how we decide who’s first in line for COVID-19 vaccines. Then Wayt, a writer and editor for Modernist Bread,...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 3, 2019 | ScienceWire
At Massive Science, a forum for scientists’ stories, Hannah Thomasy posts about an idea for a new malaria vaccine. The target is the first step in infection: the mosquito bite that transmits the malaria parasite. The vaccine won’t target the parasite but the...
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...
by Chris Tachibana | Jan 3, 2013 | ScienceWire
The microbes in and on your body might be more important for health than your genes. Mindy Miner reports on womens’ personal biodiversity and bacterial vaginosis, in a story about research at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division....
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...