Cholera Outbreaks

Gabrielle Emanual reports on the dire return of cholera

in the global south. Efforts to produce vaccine are not meeting the need, and people are dying. -DD

COVID, SARS, and Future Vaccines

Maggie Chen reports on research into halting future coronavirus and SARS infections through a general vaccine.

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Coronavirus Vaccine Efficacy

Carolyn Crist reports on Dr. Anthony Fauci's observation that a vaccine which provides sufficient pallative or symptomatic care would end COVID-19 deaths as effectively as a vaccine causing complete immunity to infection.

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The Cost of Mis-Information

Julia Belluz notes that measles is on the rise due to vaccine deniers .

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Data Visualization

Andy Cotgreave discusses data visualization. Cotgreave suggests that innovative visualization is important because: "Getting people to engage is sometimes as important as building the cognitively most valid method." He uses as examples charts from the Wall Street Journal showing the impact of vaccination on disease which he says are more attention grabbing than line charts.

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