Even More Vaccines Are (Likely) On the Way
It’s been a big 24 hours for (mostly good) vaccine news. Here’s what you should know.
Yesterday, Maryland-based company Novavax announced that its vaccine candidate is about 90% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19. Beyond that solid result, the vaccine may be easier to distribute than some other vaccines. It can be stored in a standard refrigerator, for one thing, and it ships in a liquid form, meaning it can be administered right away, unlike shots that come frozen.
Novavax’s announcement did contain some less exciting news, though. While the shot seems to stand up well to the viral variant that originated in the U.K., it was only about 50% effective in a small study in South Africa suggesting it did not work as well against a variant that originated there. That’s better than nothing, but the preliminary efficacy rate was low enough that company executives told the New York
Backlash Over Virus at SUNY College: âLearn From Your Fall 2020 Mistakes!â
The campus with the worst outbreak of any public college in New York is set to begin in-person classes on Monday. Some students, parents and faculty members werenât happy about it.
The State University of New York at Oneonta was forced to shut down in September after more than 400 students tested positive for the coronavirus. Credit.Cindy Schultz for The New York Times
Jan. 29, 2021
âLearn from your Fall 2020 mistakes!â wrote an alumna who signed the petition.
âI am tired of feeling like this school just consumes me continually. I can not wait to retire,â wrote one anonymous faculty member.
Dec 21, 2020
ONEONTA Joshua Coyne, of Fultonville, was one of the State University of New York at Oneonta, Otsego County, students to recently receive a Richard Siegfried Student Award, who is studying adolescence education mathematics .
In order to be eligible to receive the Richard Siegfried Student Award, a former longtime professor of theater at the college, a student must be a full-time freshman or transfer student with a total GPA of 3.9 or higher.
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By Lillian Young
Microplastic particles, typically studied as aquatic pollutants, are also common in coastal dunes on Great Lakes’ shorelines, according to a new study in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
The situation is worse than researchers originally expected. Based on findings from the eastern shore of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, microplastic pollution is frequently transported from shore to coastal land.
What does that mean for the coastal ecosystems?
Nothing good, the study suggested, highlighting that microplastics can obstruct animals’ digestive tracts and absorb, then trap, toxic chemicals.
The transfer of microplastics from lake to shore occurs because they’re generally less dense than water, the study said. This trait allows winds to move them easily to the shore.