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KQED Science News

KQED’s award-winning team of science reporters explores climate change, water, energy, toxics, biomedicine, digital health, astronomy and other topics that shape our lives in the San Francisco Bay Are... Read more

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If You’re Offered the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine, Take It, Experts Say. Here’s Why

If You’re Offered the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine, Take It, Experts Say. Here’s Why

This week, news of a rare blood clot in a patient at UCSF, after he received the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vacci... Read more

29 Apr 2021

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‘Worst. Editorial. Guidance. Ever.’ KQED Science Reporters Reflect on the Pandemic’s Early Days

‘Worst. Editorial. Guidance. Ever.’ KQED Science Reporters Reflect on the Pandemic’s Early Days

It was a year ago that we suddenly all found ourselves working from home and obsessively washing our hands as the novel ... Read more

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California Has a Rule to Protect Workers Against Pandemics. Here’s How It’s (Not) Working

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From Condoms to Coronavirus Masks, ‘Harm Reduction’ Has Worked to Protect Public Health

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