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COVID-19 Will Be With Us For Some Time. What Might That Look Like?

4:54pm August 08, 2021

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Dr. Matt McCarthy, author of Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic, about the threat of new COVID-19 variants and the recent rise in cases throughout the country.

How A Meteorologist Does His Job When Climate Change Is Politicized

4:54pm August 08, 2021

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with meteorologist Matthew Cappucci about the challenges of communicating about climate science during the weather report.

One Of The Most Influential Voices In Vaccine Misinformation Is A Doctor

8:45am August 08, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to researcher at University of Washington, Rachel Moran, about Dr. Joseph Mercola who experts say has been spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and the vaccine.

A health care worker in Rhode Island receives a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine last December. California is implementing a vaccine mandate for all paid and unpaid workers in the health care industry starting Sept. 30.

California Will Require Vaccines For Workers In Health Care Facilities

1:02pm August 06, 2021

by Dustin Jones

Workers in health care facilities will be required to provide proof that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with exemptions only for religious or valid medical reasons.

A Citizen Scientist Gave The CDC A Head Start In A COVID-19 Outbreak Investigation

4:56pm August 05, 2021

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

A statistician compiled data to share with the CDC after friends kept testing positive after a week in Provincetown, Mass. It spurred an investigation that changed how officials saw the delta variant.

New Barbies honor six women in health care who have been on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19.

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Mattel's Barbie Turns Women Of Science, Including COVID Vaccine Developer, Into Dolls

11:07am August 05, 2021

by Xcaret Nuñez

Professor Sarah Gilbert, a leader on the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, is one of six women in health care who now have Barbies in their image. She hopes they will inspire girls to enter STEM careers.

A student wears a face mask while at the Post Road Elementary School in White Plains, N.Y., last October. A recent study found the number of children contracting the coronavirus is on the rise.

Serious Cases Remain Rare, But Coronavirus Infections In Children Are On The Rise

9:55am August 05, 2021

by Dustin Jones

Almost 72,000 children tested positive in just the last week of July. However, child hospitalizations and deaths related to the virus remain low.

Sunflower sea stars — voracious predators that feed on mussels and sea urchins — are succumbing to a strange wasting disease that has devastated populations of sea stars along the West Coast.

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To Save A Huge, 24-Armed Sea Creature, Scientists Become Loving Foster Parents

12:16pm August 04, 2021

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

A mysterious disease is killing off the West Coast's enormous sunflower sea star, so researchers have launched an ambitious effort to breed this species in captivity.

Annie Kunz in the women's heptathlon 100-meter hurdles during the Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore., in June. Building her training regimen around recent findings from sex-specific sports medicine research has made a difference in her performance, says Kunz,

Sports Science Is Changing How Female Olympians Train. It Could Help You, Too

5:28pm August 03, 2021

by Maggie Mertens

U.S. Olympic heptathlete Annie Kunz says tracking her monthly cycles and learning she needs to eat more and get more naps when she's fatigued has already improved her athletic performance.

Frustrated investor, losing to a drunken monkey

There's A Way You Can Beat The Best Investors. You've Just Got To Know When To Sell

3:09pm August 03, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

A new study finds finance professionals fail at their jobs in a surprising way. There are lessons for all of us.