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Tagged: Vaccine

What evolutionary biology might tell us about COVID-19

  • September 9, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — NIU Biological Sciences Professor Neil Blackstone says evolutionary theory can provide important insights into the future course of the COVID-19 pandemic—on topics ranging from future research directions…

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To vax or not to vax, it’s really not a question

  • February 18, 2015
In 1952, polio spread throughout the United States crippling more than 58,000 people and killing more than 3,000 of those infected. Then, Dr. Jonas Salk announced on CBS national radio…

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