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Is it okay to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines? We ll know soon enough

Is it okay to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines? We ll know soon enough. Hannah Seo © Provided by Popular Science Is it okay to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines? We ll know soon enough. Click here to see all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage. When it comes to getting a COVID-19 vaccine, there’s been a lot of chatter about which one is “the best.” But in a new UK trial, scientists are looking at the effect of combining different vaccine brands if it’s still effective, and if it can produce broader protection against the virus and its variants.  In this Oxford University-led trial, dubbed Com-COV, more than 800 volunteers aged 50 and up are being given two vaccine doses per the regular protocol except they don’t know which two shots they are receiving. Some volunteers are receiving an initial Pfizer shot followed by the AstraZeneca booster, others are receiving the AstraZeneca shot first followed by the Pfizer booster, and a third group are getting a mat

Climate change vs agriculture: Can one farming method—conventional, organic or agroecology—help slow global warming?

Credit: Shutterstock This article or excerpt is included in the GLP’s daily curated selection of ideologically diverse news, opinion and analysis of biotechnology innovation. Climate change and agriculture appear joined at the hip. Agriculture through methane, carbon dioxide, and land use has had an impact on the global climate. And climate change through drought, heat, and pests will have an impact on agriculture, reducing yields and making farming more difficult. But is there one type of agriculture conventional, organic, “agroecological,” or with the use of genetic engineering that’s more sustainable? Considering that all agriculture involves land use changes and other environmental alterations that lead to climate change, the answer is yes, but with caveats.

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