SEPTEMBER 2022

Why the Flu Vaccine is More Important Than Ever This Year

While social distancing and wearing masks kept the 2021-2022 flu season milder than pre-pandemic levels, experts who expect flu cases to rise this year as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted urge people to get their flu vaccine.

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Bee It Known: Biodiversity Is Critical to Ecosystems

Rutgers has conducted the first study showing how many more species of bees are needed to maintain crop yields when a longer-term time frame is considered. In the paper, which was recently published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, scientists said biodiversity of the bee population is critical to maintaining the ecosystem function of crop pollination—and humanity’s food supply.

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It’s a Matter of When: Getting Ready for “Pathogen X”

What will the next pandemic look like? Health officials from across the globe gathered in Geneva at a World Health Organization meeting to focus on how lessons learned from COVID-19 might best prepare civilization for the "next one." The conference brought together leaders in research, pharma, government and nonprofits.

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