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Jan 4, 2022N.C. Health News

NC Health News’ top ten reader picks in 2021

While North Carolina spent much of 2021 fighting the new coronavirus that showed its adaptability and formidability, residents in eastern North Carolina who live along and near the Cape Fear River Basin continued a years-long battle against the formidable PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, polluting their water. Our readers showed great interest inan…

Jan 4, 2022Charlotte Observer

These North Carolinians made an impact on the state and beyond in 2021

Katie Mack, an astrophysicist and assistant professor of physics at N.C. State University, has elevated the understanding of science to make it more accessible. In the past year, her book, “The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking),” a detailed look at the physics behind the likeliest ways the universe will ultimately be destroyed, has beenlauded…

Jan 3, 2022Futurity

Tools tame the wild data of animal tracking

Using a transmitter attached to a tiny backpack, zoologist Roland Kays tracked an egret—a large, white, wading bird—from North Carolina as it migrated south. Then his data showed the transmitter had stopped moving. Kays wanted to find out what happened, but there was just one problem: The transmitter was in South美国。

Jan 3, 2022New York Times

Omicron Drives U.S. Virus Cases Past Delta’s Peak

“The truth is that we could be looking at a Category 5 hurricane or a tropical storm,” said Julie Swann, a professor of industrial and systems engineering at North Carolina State University who was an adviser to the C.D.C. during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. “But we have to prepare for the possibility of thatCategory…

Jan 3, 2022USA Today

‘Enormous spread of omicron’ may bring 140M new COVID infections to US in the next two months, model predicts

Outside the U.S., models show the world may see approximately 3 billion new infections in the next two months with peak transmission occurring in mid-January at more than 35 million new cases per day. “Sure, this a potential outcome,” said Julie Swann, professor at North Carolina State University who studies pandemic modeling and healthsystems.…

Jan 3, 2022Popular Science

Utility companies could nix one-third of their emissions by 2050. Here’s how.

“Given the magnitude of where we need to be in terms of emission reductions and the pace, there needs to be a recognition of the role of public policy but also a recognition of where voluntary private sector action can contribute,” says Christopher Galik, corresponding author of the new study and a professor ofpublic…

Dec 23, 2021NPR

Omicron will cause more infections but lower hospital rates, analysis shows

AILSA CHANG, HOST: So it seems like fears about omicron are intensifying, I mean, just as millions of people are traveling and gathering for the holidays. Can you just talk about what the projections look like right now? ROB STEIN, BYLINE: Yeah, sure. If you look at the trajectory of the outbreak in theU.S.,…

Dec 23, 2021Raleigh News & Observer

COVID飙升是expected after the holidays. What you can do right now to prepare.

博士的n和o说朱莉·斯万Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University and an adviser to the CDC during its response to the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, and Dr. Matthew Koci, a virologist at NC State. They shared tips to help us all prepare for thispost-holiday…

Dec 23, 2021Raleigh News & Observer

Coronavirus omicron updates: Here’s what to know in North Carolina on Dec. 22

Dr. Matthew Koci, a virologist at NC State, said people can open a window or set up air filters to get virus particles out of the air. One way to do that is to construct a Corsi-Rosenthal box using a cheap fan and HEPA filters. “They aren’t much to look at,” he said. “They aren’tgoing…

Dec 22, 2021WRAL Tech Wire

Triangle gene editing firm’s CEO: ‘There is a revolution occurring in medicine’

And Locus expects to be a part of the future of medicine, having grown its workforce to 75 employees since the company’s founding in 2015, after Garofolo had the CRISPR-Cas3 technology upon which the company’s research is built introduced to him by a student at North Carolina StateUniversity.

Dec 22, 2021The Wall Street Journala

Surging Inflation Has Workers Demanding Bigger Raises. Could It Lead to a Wage-Price Spiral?

“While understandable from the point of view of workers, the danger of widespread use of COLAs is they institutionalize inflation and contribute to a wage-price spiral,” said Michael Walden, professor emeritus at North Carolina StateUniversity.

Dec 22, 2021Marketplace

Biden’s COVID home test plan faces supply chain hurdles

“There could be links where not only components are in short supply, but worker absenteeism could lead to delays,” said Julie Swann, who researches health care supply chains at North Carolina StateUniversity.

Dec 22, 2021National Geographic

See a rare baby dinosaur curled up in its fossilized egg

“It’s remarkable to get a glimpse into the very first stages of life of animals that lived more than 70 million years ago,” Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and a researcher at NC State University, says via email. “The evidence that birds are living theropod dinosaurs is,at…

Dec 21, 2021National Institute of Food and Agriculture - USDA

NIFA Research Supports Safer Food from the Field to the Table

Don’t Wash Your Poultry. If chicken or turkey will be featured on your holiday menu, North Carolina State University(link is external) has some tips in preparing this dish. Research has found washing poultry prior to cooking increases the risk of foodborne illness. The bacteria from the bird can travel up to three feet fromwhere…

Dec 21, 2021Public Now

NIFA Research Supports Safer Food From The Field To The Table

If chicken or turkey will be featured on your holiday menu, North Carolina State University has some tips in preparing this dish. Research has found washing poultry prior to cooking increases the risk of foodborne illness. The bacteria from the bird can travel up to three feet from where it is washed. The safestway…