Ari Daniel

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Vaccine-derived polio is on the rise. A new vaccine aims to stop the spread

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia are counting more cases of vaccine-derived polio. One reason for this, say experts, is that vaccination efforts have lapsed during the pandemic.

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The World Health Organization approves a new polio vaccine for emergency use

Friday, April 15, 2022

Countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia are counting more cases of vaccine-derived polio. Researchers are developing a new vaccine to try to end the spread of the wild type of virus.

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Doctors in Chernihiv bear witness to their hospital's fate after Russian shelling

Thursday, April 07, 2022

It was a sunny day in mid-March. The sky was blue. It felt like spring. Then the attack began on City Hospital No. 2. Doctors tell what it was like — and what's going on now.

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Badly damaged Ukrainian hospital struggles to provide emergency services

Thursday, April 07, 2022

In the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv at least half a dozen hospitals have been damaged by Russian attacks. One had to close most of its departments and reduce operations to emergency cases.

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Using a process similar to how soda is made, scientists have created yeast-free pizza

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Scientists have been working to develop an airy pizza dough without yeast. Researchers in Naples, Italy say they have achieved it using a process like the one used to produce carbonation in soda.

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Italian scientists hacked pizza physics to make dough without yeast

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Bread geeks, take note! The new technique, developed in a lab in Naples, involves the smart application of materials science and physics to make airy, bubbly dough without fermentation.

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Russia's war with Ukraine is devastating for Ukraine's war on TB

Saturday, March 19, 2022

The country has a high rate of tuberculosis. They'd been making progress but then came the pandemic ... and now the war. Doctors worryi about increased spread of this contagious and deadly disease.

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The humble bravery of a young neurologist from Kyiv

Sunday, March 13, 2022

Aleksandra Shchebet fled Kyiv when the bombing began, found refuge in the Ukrainian city of Lutsk — and decided to stay and help her country in any way she could.

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Researchers suspect humans gave COVID to deer. And it once spilled back into a person

Friday, March 11, 2022

Two studies still out for review show the latest evidence for COVID spillover from humans into white-tailed deer. The strains in the animals had been circulating for months, picking up mutations.

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Researcher finds 'stunning' rate of COVID among deer. Here's what it means for humans

Wednesday, March 09, 2022

Studies on white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania and Ontario offer evidence that the mammals are a reservoir for the coronavirus. What are the implications for the course of SARS-CoV-2?

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Hamsters in Hong Kong are euthanized after pet shop owner gets COVID-19

Wednesday, March 02, 2022

The COVID transmission link between animals and humans is growing stronger. In Hong Kong, officials discovered a local pet shop employee was infected with COVID by hamsters in the store.

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As Corals Wither Around The World, Scientists Try IVF

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Battered by climate change and pollution, coral reefs are dying off. But in Guam, one group of scientists is trying to revive these tiny animals — with the coral equivalent of IVF.

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Mathematicians Could Help In Gerrymandering Legal Cases

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Legal fights over racial and partisan gerrymandering are intensifying and mathematicians think they can help. Specialists in geometry are training to become expert witnesses in redistricting cases around the country.

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Scientist Stephon Alexander: 'Infinite Possibilities' Unite Jazz And Physics

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Stephon Alexander once downplayed the connections he saw between jazz and physics, concerned that — as "the only black person" in his professional circle — his credibility would be questioned.

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Photos Of A Short Life Comfort Only Some Grieving Parents

Sunday, June 08, 2014

Grief is idiosyncratic. Some parents are turning to professional photographers to immortalize their terminally ill child, but what soothes one parent may disturb the other.

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