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Amber Dance
Freelance science journalist
Amber Dance, Ph.D., is an award-winning freelance science journalist based in Southern California. She contributes to publications including PNAS Front Matter, The Scientist, and Nature. She also edits books on a variety of topics.
After earning a doctorate in biology, Amber Dance re-trained in journalism as a way to engage her broad interest in science and share her enthusiasm with readers. She mainly writes about life sciences, with particular expertise in microbiology, cell biology, neuroscience and lab techniques.
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Also, looking back and forward after three pandemic years, and a new analysis points to animal origin for COVID.
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Also, Johns Hopkins and NYT curtail COVID tracking efforts, and new research on long COVID's unequal toll.
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Also, California drops plan to require COVID vaccines in schools, and Chinese study claims no new variants detected from outbreak there.
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Also this week: Dearth of pandemic data on race, ethnicity ‘beyond bad,' and experts support additional oversight of pathogen research.
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Also this week: Latino teens take the lead in vaccine education, and fresh signs the tripledemic is on the wane.
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In other news, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes aim at vaccine and mask mandates.
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GOP-led House takes aim at COVID origins, U.S. response. Also, public health experts see value in monitoring wastewater to detect new viral threats.