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Fauci awarded $1 million Israeli prize for 'speaking truth to power' amid pandemic

Fauci awarded $1 million Israeli prize for 'speaking truth to power' amid pandemic

The prize committee said Dr. Anthony Fauci, long-time head of the United States' leading infectious diseases research institute, "is the consummate model of leadership and impact in public health."
by Daniel Estrin

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Patience is a virtue: How northern Minnesota wolves ambush their prey

Patience is a virtue: How northern Minnesota wolves ambush their prey

A study released Tuesday shows for the first time the sophisticated ambushing strategies that wolves in northern Minnesota have developed to hunt beaver. It builds on earlier research countering the traditional notion that wolves only hunt prey by outrunning and outlasting it.  
by Dan Kraker

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Hope heads for a rendezvous with Mars

Hope heads for a rendezvous with Mars

The UAE probe arrives at Mars on Tuesday, Feb 9. Its purpose is to both study the weather on Mars as well as inspire the next generation of that country's scientists and engineers.
by Joe Palca

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COVID patient's case offers surprising clues to origins of coronavirus variants

COVID patient's case offers surprising clues to origins of coronavirus variants

Scientists are looking at a possible link between the coronavirus mutations in the U.K. and South Africa — and those in a patient in Boston who had living, growing virus in his body for five months.
by Michaeleen Doucleff

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Study finds AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may reduce virus transmission

Study finds AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may reduce virus transmission

A new study may help answer answer one of the big open questions about the campaign to suppress the coronavirus outbreak. Researchers from Oxford University say AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine does more than protect people from falling seriously ill — it also appears to reduce transmission of the virus. 
by The Associated Press

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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine works, but less so against variants

Novavax COVID-19 vaccine works, but less so against variants

Novavax says its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89 percent effective, based on early findings from a British study. The shot also seems to work against new mutated versions of the virus circulating in that country and South Africa, though not as well. 
by The Associated Press

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