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The EU and many other high income countries are turning increasingly toward booster shots for Covid-19, at least for some groups of people. Mark Sulkowski, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins, explains some of the data. Sulkowski: Israel was …

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In this next podcast, Elizabeth Scala and Holley Farley discuss how to put together a podium presentation. Holley offers tips related to how to verbally present information, the use of large font size, use graphics, and engage the audience. Holley …

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Studies conducted over the last several months are bearing fruit as Covid vaccines for children appear close to deployment. Emergency use authorizations are expected from the FDA soon, with many parents anxious to have their children immunized. Jonathan Zenilman, an …

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Shedding virus is the term used to describe the state of being infectious to others, and with Covid-19 there’s a lot about this state we still don’t know. Anna Durbin, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins, says the picture …

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Researchers around the world are sequencing new variants of Sars-CoV2 as they emerge, but while it may be possible to pinpoint changes in the virus it’s not known what those changes might portend. That’s according to Stuart Ray, an infectious …

Even though variants of Sars-CoV2 are being monitored and sequenced, that doesn’t mean we can always predict which of them are problematic, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Alpha, Beta, Delta, and most recently Mu. Variants of Sars-CoV2 are constantly arising but only some of them reach the level where they are monitored. Stuart Ray, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins, explains. Ray: We see variants arising …

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The spread of the delta variant of Covid-19 may have reached a plateau in the United States, the most recent data suggest. Many have pointed to unvaccinated people as the primary driver of this latest surge. Mark Sulkowski, an infectious …

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