Category: Coping with COVID
I inserted myself into a conversation at a bar about Covid and vaccines. Here’s what happened
STAT This essay was adapted from Jess Steier’s newsletter, “Unbiased Science.” “I did my best to stay out of it. But the science burst out of me” For the last few weeks of summer, my mom visited from Florida. It was amazing, as it always is, to have her here spending time with the family […]
Sep 10, 2025
How a Philadelphia outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in 1976 led to modern-day investigations and surveillance
WHYY Legionnaires’ disease was named after a large outbreak in Philadelphia sickened hundreds of American Legion veterans in the summer of 1976. From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been generally on the rise for the last 50 […]
Sep 3, 2025
Pet Rats Using Paws to Create Mini Masterpieces That Have Sold for Over $2,600 Total
Eighteen-year-old Ella Woodland’s pet rats have a knack for artistic expression, and by guiding them to paint mini masterpieces, she’s helping their talents flourish. Eighteen-year-old Ella Woodland’s pet rats have a knack for artistic expression, and by guiding them to paint mini masterpieces, she’s helping their talents flourish. There’s a little something in this project […]
Aug 27, 2025
How flossing a mouse’s teeth could lead to a new kind of vaccine
Science Tests of a needle-free flu vaccine delivered through the gums required some creative thinking. Bioengineer Rohan Ingrole needed to floss a mouse’s teeth. The intent wasn’t to help mice get a clean bill of health at the dentist. Each bit of store-bought floss was coated with dead influenza viruses, or lab-made bits and pieces […]
Aug 20, 2025
‘Zombie’ rabbits with black horns and mouth tentacles are invading Colorado backyards
Independant What the heck is that?! Rabbits in Colorado are causing alarm among residents and looking more like creatures from nightmares and not fuzzy and cuddly friends. Rabbits in Fort Collins, Colorado, are being spotted with eerie black-colored growths resembling tentacles or horns protruding from their heads. 9NEWS Northern Colorado reporter Amanda Gilbert captured a photo of one not-so-cute […]
Aug 13, 2025
A cat named Leonardo da Pinchy doesn’t want your affection. He wants to steal your underwear
AP Most cat owners dread their pets bringing home mice or birds. But for the owners of one felonious feline in Auckland, New Zealand, there’s a worse shame — being the unwitting accomplice to an unstoppable one-cat crimewave. His prolific laundry-pinching from clotheslines and bedrooms in the placid beachside neighborhood of Mairangi Bay has turned 15-month-old Leo into a local […]
Jul 30, 2025
Stunning amber fossil reveals ‘Last of Us’-type fungus likely lived alongside dinosaurs
CNN A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head. The insect, along with a second specimen of a young ant infected with a similar fungus, are two of the oldest examples of a bizarre natural […]
Jun 25, 2025
