Storytelling strategies make communication about science more compelling

Whether sharing online about health topics or chatting about the weather, you communicate about science. Borrowing a tactic from antiscience advocates can help make your stories more persuasive.

Emma Frances Bloomfield, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas • conversation
July 11, 2024 ~7 min

Researchers study differences in attitudes toward Covid-19 vaccines between women and men in Africa

While women and men self-reported similar vaccination rates, unvaccinated women had less intention to get vaccinated than men.

Will Sullivan | MIT Governance Lab • mit
July 10, 2024 ~7 min


Boost your immune system with this centuries-old health hack: Vaccines

Even if you’re healthy and fit, you still need vaccines to protect yourself from severe disease.

David Higgins, Research fellow, Instructor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
June 20, 2024 ~6 min

How worried should you be about avian flu?

The risk of avian flu to humans is low, for now. An expert weighs in on what you need to know—and how a universal influenza vaccine could help.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
June 17, 2024 ~10 min

How to protect your dog from dangerous bacterial infection

An expert has answers for you about dogs and leptospirosis, including how to prevent dogs from getting it and what's next if they do.

Tufts University • futurity
May 15, 2024 ~7 min

HIV vaccine approach works like GPS

A new vaccine approach guides the immune system through the specific steps to make broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
May 15, 2024 ~4 min

Birth by C-section more than doubles odds of measles vaccine failure

Researchers say it is vital that children born by caesarean section receive two doses of the measles vaccine for robust protection against the disease.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 13, 2024 ~5 min

New vaccine effective against coronaviruses that haven’t even emerged yet

Researchers have developed a new vaccine technology that has been shown in mice to provide protection against a broad range of coronaviruses with potential for

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 6, 2024 ~4 min


New approach could lead to universal flu vaccine

A new experimental vaccine that targets portions of the flu virus that don't change could lead to a universal, long-lasting shot.

Karl Bates-Duke • futurity
May 3, 2024 ~7 min

Brain cancer in children is notoriously hard to treat – a new mRNA cancer vaccine triggers an attack from within

Cancer vaccines have gained much interest among scientists but face a number of hurdles. A new mRNA vaccine for glioma offers a step forward in training the immune system to fight cancer.

John Ligon, Assistant Professor of Hematology, University of Florida • conversation
May 1, 2024 ~9 min

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