A Phase 1 trial of an investigational mRNA vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection has shown that the vaccine is well-tolerated and generates a strong immune response in older adults.
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Largest COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Study to Date Finds Children Key to Spread, Evidence of Superspreaders
A study of more than a half-million people in India who were exposed to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 suggests that the virus’ continued spread is driven by only a small percentage of those who become infected.
Tackling COVID-19 Spread by Monitoring Wastewater
An interdisciplinary research team at Queen’s University is taking the first step in establishing a local group in the National Sewage Sentinel Surveillance in Canada.
Pollution and Accountability
Newfoundland and Labrador’s plastic waste washes up as far afield as Scotland, Spain and Portugal.
Predator Loss, Climate Change Combine to Devastate Alaskan Reefs
Alaska’s living reefs – which house an entire ecosystem – are collapsing thanks to climate change and the disappearance of sea otters, new research published in the journal Science reveals.
Talking Underwater Robots
Exploring underneath glaciers and amidst open-ocean eddies is not your standard water cooler talk.