Few Would Fear COVID Vaccines if Policy Makers Explained Their Risks Better

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April 30, 2021

Public Health Few Would Fear COVID Vaccines if Policy Makers Explained Their Risks Better Clear messaging and transparency are vital, say some experts on risk assessment and decision-making By Claudia Wallis

Policy & Ethics Senate Confirms Bill Nelson as NASA's New Leader The former Senator will be the space agency's 14th administrator By Chelsea Gohd,SPACE.com

Conservation Ecologists Saved Bald Eagles with Helicopter Parenting One of the country's largest captive-breeding programs for the once endangered species has helped it recover in California By Susan Cosier

Neurological Health How Big Data Are Unlocking the Mysteries of Autism Better genetic insights can help support people across the spectrum By Wendy Chung

Space Adaptive Optics Branches Out A tool built for astronomy finds new life combating space debris and enabling quantum encryption By Tony Travouillon,Céline d'Orgeville,Francis Bennet

Biotech COVID Innovations: Vaccines for Variants, Drone Deliveries, Print-Your-Own Shots, and More Next-generation COVID-19 vaccines will not only tackle different versions of the virus but will provide solutions across the world at a fraction of the cost By Cormac Sheridan,Nature Biotechnology

Public Health Flu Has Disappeared Worldwide during the COVID Pandemic The public health measures that slow the spread of the novel coronavirus work really well on influenza By Katie Peek

Space Antarctic Study Shows How Much Space Dust Hits Earth Every Year A tally of pristine micrometeorites locked in polar ice gives the best-yet look at the origin and amount of extraterrestrial material reaching our planet By Sarah Derouin

Public Health Coronavirus News Roundup, April 24–April 30 Pandemic highlights for the week By Robin Lloyd

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FROM THE ARCHIVE 7 Ways to Reduce Reluctance to Take COVID Vaccines Trusted messengers and repeated reminders can overcome hesitancy, social science shows By Claudia Wallis | March 2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY "The minute you've told people that there's a risk, even if it's one in a million, I think what they hear is 'That could happen to me.'" Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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