Say Yes to Science with Dr. Carol Portlock

Thanks to vaccines and other medical innovation, COVID-19 is now endemic.

On 1st and 3rd Mondays at 11am, clinical psychologist Frank Corigliano will continue to address your concerns about managing day-to-day during this trying time.

On 2nd and 4th Mondays at 5pm, retired oncologist Carol Portlock will discuss new and intriguing science in multiple areas, including some relevant to COVID.

Suggested readings:

Wet market, lab and source of Covid in Wuhan
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/science/covid-raccoon-dogs-wuhan-market.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/us/politics/covid-origins-lab-leak-politics.html

Nuclear power plants and tritium water
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/19/1164588882/minnesota-nuclear-power-plant-leak-contaminated-water
https://gothamist.com/news/dumping-radioactive-water-hudson-river-best-option-indian-point-nuclear-plant-owner-holtec
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/tritium-radiation-fs.html

Plastics in drinking water
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/14/health/epa-pfas-standards-wellness/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/climate/epa-water-pfas-chemicals.html

Racial labels should be discontinued in genetic research
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/race-label-genetic-stigma-diversity

The nucleobase, uracil, one of the building blocks of RNA, found in space on an asteroid
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/building-block-life-asteroid-ryugu

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