7 out of 10 American voters think COVID-19 came from a lab

“The lab leak theory is the most widely believed origin story for the pandemic among voters across the political spectrum and most demographics,” said Dritan Nesho, the CEO of HarrisX. The survey was ... Read More

COVID and SARS News

Common Cold or COVID-19? Some T Cells Are Ready to Combat Both Jan. 26, 2024 — Scientists have found direct evidence that exposure to common cold coronaviruses can train T cells to fight SARS-CoV-2. Read More

Free science resources for educators and parents

Schools around the world have closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, leaving parents and teachers scrambling to figure out how kids can learn at home. We can help! Science News Explores and the ... Read More

The Covid Revisionists Are Endangering Us All

Society / As the possibility of a new pandemic looms, influential figures are telling us we shouldn’t have been so worried about the last one. This spells trouble. Gregg Gonsalves We seem to be in the ... Read More

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press ... Read More

US COVID-origins hearing puts scientific journals in the hot seat

Politicians spar over whether academic publishers colluded with government scientists to suppress the lab-leak hypothesis. Read More

Earth Science News

To Accelerate Biosphere Science, Reconnect Three Scientific Cultures Apr. 22, 2024 — Researchers who study Earth's biosphere tend to operate from one of three scientific cultures, each with ... Read More

Proximal Origins, Scientific Integrity, and “Shadow” Science Advice

Note: This testimony was prepared for the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic for a hearing to be held later today (April 16) titled, Academic Malpractice: Examining the Relationship ... Read More

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Vitamin B News

High Folic Acid Supplementation Associated With Higher Rates of COVID-19 Infections and Mortality, Study Finds Aug. 31, 2022 — A new study that looked at health data from the UK found people ... Read More

Conspiracies and cynical indifference are the right’s latest climate strategy

Science denialism — especially when it comes to climate change — is also embedded in Republican Party orthodoxy. Read More

Proposal for Sarasota Memorial to adopt Ladapo anti-vaccine guidance stirs controversy

In January, Ladapo questioned the safety of mRNA COVID ... the American Library Association and Florida Library Association. Vicki Nighswander decried a pattern of evidence-based science ... Read More