Kai Kupferschmidt
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@kakape.bsky.social science journalist. molecular biologist. curious. writer at @sciencemagazine part of @pandemiapodcast, all things #blue
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https://www.sciencemag.org/author/kai-kupferschmidt 08-06-2009 15:17:36
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In the The Guardian today, an excerpt from the plankton chapter of my book, featuring the exquisite forms, formidable power, and fundamental indispensability of the ocean’s tiniest and most abundant creatures theguardian.com/news/article/2…
I am gravely concerned that a 10-month-old unvaccinated child from Deir al-Balah, #Gaza, has been confirmed to have polio—the first case in Gaza in 25 years. World Health Organization (WHO) and partners urgently worked to collect and transfer stool samples from the child for testing at a WHO-accredited
I’ve read a lot of stuff about #mpox already that is wrong or at least confused. And it’s not that surprising. The situation is pretty complicated and confusing. I tried to disentangle a few things for News from Science here (thread to come later): science.org/content/articl…
A very informative piece from Kai Kupferschmidt in Science, Space & Robots #mpox Let’s continue busting myths so that we don’t hamper the response in Africa by CDC Africa World Health Organization (WHO) We will certainly take note for our regular @ECDC EACS information-sharing #Mpoxwebinars next 4/9/2024