Do New Documents Prove a COVID Lab Leak?
Health reporter Emily Kopp and biologist Alex Washburne discuss new documents that detail plans to manipulate bat-borne coronaviruses in Wuhan on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
Health reporter Emily Kopp and biologist Alex Washburne discuss new documents that detail plans to manipulate bat-borne coronaviruses in Wuhan on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
The notion that COVID-19 came from a lab was once touted as misinformation. But now the FBI, the Energy Department, and others agree with Paul.
The COVID-19 lab leak theory was labeled "misinformation." Now it's the most plausible explanation.
You can’t turn lives and economies off and on without inflicting lingering harm.
Men in monogamous relationships may get clearance to give.
In times of public health crises, government red tape and misguided communication make matters worse.
The lesson here: Public health messaging needs to be clear and specific. Oh, and federal bureaucracy sucks, as usual.
Good public health messaging must be comprehensible, accurate, and actionable.
They're trying to pressure the federal government into getting organized about vaccines.
The feds botch another epidemic.
Foot-dragging and red tape by the CDC and the FDA have fueled an avoidable outbreak.
Vaccination and prior infection induce a strong second line of immunological defense, finds South African study.
The same agency that stymied COVID-19 testing is now dawdling over approving new antiviral pills.
An argument for humility in the face of pandemic forecasting unknown unknowns
"Economists are accustomed to thinking about tradeoffs," says economist and Nobel laureate Alvin Roth. "It appears that at least in some parts of the ethics community, they are not."
A new study suggests that a second higher wave of infections can be avoided.
Matt Ridley on how the coronavirus caught him by surprise, the crucial role of dissent in politics, and the importance of innovation for survival
FDA is reportedly cutting red tape to give expanded access to COVID-19 patients.
A close look at the new study from Imperial College which models worst-case scenarios and makes the case for social distancing.
Plus: Trump wants to bail out airlines, and he called COVID-19 the "Chinese virus."
Coronavirus misinformation is spreading faster than the disease itself.
We will soon learn if humanity's increasing biotechnical prowess can prevent a modern pandemic.
The euthanasia campaign may be necessary to prevent the spread of the Newcastle disease, but bird owners say that it's being carried out in a cruel manner.
The officer who cooked up the story adds that he collects "a lot of great (and incredibly raw) intelligence" by reading comment threads.
The trays are germier than the airport toilets.
Regulatory precaution, not rising temperatures, is the main driver for the increase in vector-borne disease.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reportedly approve a GMO virus to fight citrus greening disease.
The novelist, activist, and BoingBoing founder on cyber warfare, Uber-style reputation economics, and what he's likely to get arrested for someday.
A look at several mosquito-modification projects and the political and cultural pushback they're facing.
It's democratic, so what could possibly be wrong with that?
Just as Zika virus breaks out in Florida - coincidence?
If only there were a technology that could reduce the numbers of these deadly mosquitoes
If the FDA will let them, they could do the same thing here when Zika arrives
Meanwhile FDA bows to anti-biotech activist fears and won't expedite approval of proven technology
Blame any zika-caused microencephaly on Friends of the Earth, the Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, and GMO Free USA
It is not inevitable that there will be a major zika outbreak in the U.S.
While we wait for a vaccine, GMO mosquitoes are here now to help control the outbreak.
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