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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, schools struggle to attract missing students, and new vaccine combo shows promise.
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Meanwhile, kids ages 5 through 11 could be lining up for their boosters within a month or so.
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Also, new reporting outlines how devastating COVID has been for those with diabetes.
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Also, Moderna's announcement on a vaccine for young children gives long-waiting parents fresh hope.
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Meanwhile, crucial federal pandemic funding remains in limbo.
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Meanwhile, experts urge U.S. to do more to prepare for the next phase of the pandemic.
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Plus, emergency authorization for a COVID vaccine for young children could happen by April or, at the latest, May.
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Also, booster protection wanes after four months, research finds, while shots for children under 5 remain in limbo.
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Also, a large new study of veterans finds COVID causes long-lasting heart problems. One prominent cardiologist called the results "stunning" and "worse than expected."
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Also, COVID is devastating Black oral history, as communities of color have died at disproportionate rates from the pandemic's start.