Gibbs: Our 2020 = Bread, Vaccines

Gibbs: Our 2020 = Bread, Vaccines

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,...
Thomasy: Spit Take

Thomasy: Spit Take

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...

Paulson and Seinfeld: Get the Jab?

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...

Miner: Biodiversity and You

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....

Miner: Who’s Who in Vaccine Research

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...