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In Brendan Borrell's book, UT-Austin scientist Jason McLellan is one of the heroes who helps bring the vaccines to market in record time.

The Texas attorney general files a legal challenge against the Biden administration's plans for a minimum wage hike. And: Why are witnesses being instructed not to talk about race as they come before a Dallas grand jury to testify about police actions in the George Floyd protests? Those stories and much more today on the Texas Standard:

From a diary of the pandemic’s first year to a philosophical meditation on what comes next, writers like Charles Finch and Bruno Latour take on the reality of Covid.

Excerpt from 'First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine,' by journalist Brendan Borrell.