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‘Unjustified fears’: When COVID-19 anxiety stops making sense

Breadcrumb Trail Links World News Health Canada Polls keep showing that the public believes COVID-19 disease is way deadlier and more pervasive than it really is Author of the article: Tristin Hopper Publishing date: May 17, 2021  •  1 day ago  •  6 minute read  •  258 Comments Stittsville Golf Club, one of hundreds of Ontario… Read More »

Slow research to understand fast change

In a world that’s changing fast, the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network can seem almost an anachronism. Yet the patience and persistence that have generated 40 years of careful, reliable science about the Earth’s changing ecosystems may prove to be just what’s needed in this rapidly shifting world. We can’t wait for a crystal… Read More »

Scientists find new way of predicting COVID-19 vaccine efficacy

The early immune response in a person who has been vaccinated for COVID-19 can predict the level of protection they will have to the virus over time, according to analysis from Australian mathematicians, clinicians, and scientists, and published today in Nature Medicine. The researchers from UNSW’s Kirby Institute, the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and… Read More »