The US isn't in a second wave of coronavirus – the first wave never ended
The recent spike in new coronavirus cases in the US is not due to a second wave, but simply the virus moving into new populations or surging in places that opened up too soon.
Melissa Hawkins, Professor of Public Health, Director of Public Health Scholars Program, American University
• conversation
June 30, 2020 • ~8 min
June 30, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: covid-19 coronavirus pandemic transmission sars-cov-2 new-york 1918-flu-pandemic florida texas second-wave eradication
Genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in Florida and Texas beginning this summer – silver bullet or jumping the gun?
Release of GM mosquitoes in Florida is imminent. But a multidisciplinary team of scientists believe that more studies are needed first. They encourage a publicly accessible registry for GM organisms.
Natalie Kofler, Levenick Resident Scholar in Sustainability, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• conversation
June 3, 2020 • ~9 min
June 3, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: brazil zika malaysia risk-assessment florida mosquitoes dengue population-control aedes-aegypti oxitec mosquito-control gm-mosquitoes
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