Giving 2 Doses Of Different COVID-19 Vaccines Could Boost Immune Response
Using two different COVID-19 vaccines is a bit like giving the immune system two pictures of the virus, maybe one face-on and one in profile.
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COVID-19 Vaccines Might Not Work As Well For Those With Organ Transplants
For most people, COVID-19 vaccines promise a return to something akin to normal life. But for the roughly 500,000 Americans living with organ transplants, it's a different story.
Trees Talk To Each Other. 'Mother Tree' Ecologist Hears Lessons For People, Too
Ecologist Suzanne Simard says trees are "social creatures" that communicate with each other in remarkable ways — including warning each other of danger and sharing nutrients at critical times.
White House Commits Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars To Increase Vaccine Access
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team, about the Biden administration's new plan to increase access to the coronavirus vaccines.
For Kurdish Americans In Nashville, A Beloved Leader's Death Prompts Vaccine Push
Some immigrant groups are closing the ethnic gap on COVID-19 shots. For many Kurdish Americans, their fears about vaccination are entangled with their experiences in refugee camps after fleeing Iraq.
Health Experts Disagree On Whether 'Herd Immunity' Can Be Achieved
"Herd immunity," in which the vast majority of a population has immunity, has been cited as the key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. But public health experts are split on whether it can be achieved.
A New Focus Group Investigated How People Have Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy
What makes vaccine-hesitant people change their minds and get the shot? A new focus group talked to people who explain how they got past their concerns.
In The 'Shout At Cancer Choir,' No Voice Boxes Needed To Sing Out
All the singers in this U.K. choir have undergone laryngectomies — voice box removal — to treat cancer. Singing builds lung strength, and performing together builds confidence, choir members say.
Can't Help Falling In Love With A Vaccine: How Polio Campaign Beat Vaccine Hesitancy
This isn't the first big vaccine rollout, and the past holds lessons for the pandemic present. Here's a look at how the polio vaccine overcame U.S. hesitancy.
An Alzheimer's Drug May Boost Cognition In People With Fragile X Syndrome
An experimental medicine seems to ease symptoms of Fragile X syndrome, a genetic disorder that is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disabilities and autism.