Tag: Flu
Will going out in the cold give you a cold?
Libby Richards, Purdue University
Many of us have heard: “Don’t go outside without a coat; you’ll catch a cold.”
That’s not exactly true. As with many...
Why COVID-19 vaccines need to prioritize ‘superspreaders’
Dana Goldman, University of Southern California; David Conti, University of Southern California, and Matthew E. Kahn, Johns Hopkins University
Once safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines...
5 ways the world is better off dealing with a pandemic...
Siddharth Chandra, Michigan State University and Eva Kassens-Noor, Michigan State University
Near the end of the First World War, a deadly flu raced across the...
How to convince your loved ones to get the flu shot...
Helen Colby, IUPUI and Meng Li, University of Colorado Denver
The best way to protect against the flu is the flu vaccine. But even so,...
Why the flu shot cannot give you the flu (and why...
Libby Richards, Purdue University
Flu vaccination prevents millions of flu-related illnesses and deaths annually, but vaccination rates are low for many reasons.
During the 2018-2019 flu...
Countering misinformation about flu vaccine is harder than it seems
Matthew Motta, University of Pennsylvania; Dominik Stecula, University of Pennsylvania, and Kathryn Haglin, University of Pennsylvania
Many Americans hold beliefs about the flu vaccine that...
What the flu does to your body, and why it makes...
Laura Haynes, University of Connecticut
Every year, from 5 to 20 percent of the people in the United States will become infected with influenza virus....
4 things you need to know right now to protect yourself...
Arnold Monto, University of Michigan
This has been a particularly bad influenza season, starting early especially in the South and West Coast in the U.S....
EXPLORING NATURE
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...
Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...
