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Though most flu vaccines don't include the preservative thimerosal, advisers to the CDC have recommended against using it.
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Why is the additive, safely used since the 1930s, being questioned again?
A laboratory studying sickle cell disease at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Laboratory, at the National Institutes of Health on February 8, 2024, in Bethesda, Maryland.
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  • While the late Richard Gillis was mayor of Ashland from 1977 to 1990, he called the town the "Center of the Universe." The phrase stuck and is still being used today. Town officials display the slogan on their business cards and there is even a brewery in Ashland called Center of the Universe.
  • Most teenagers have taken hundreds or even thousands of selfies by the time they graduate from high school. But how many earn a national award for one?
  • Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark are joined by Major League Baseball Radio’s "Official Entomologist", Dr. Bob Anderson of the Canadian Museum of Nature.
  • The Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab population has increased by 60% over last year, and that is good news for commercial fishermen and consumers.
  • Dr. Bob Anderson of the Canadian Museum of Nature is working with entomologist Dr. Art Evans to document the weevil fauna of Virginia by examining the Commonwealth’s beetle collections.
  • In our day to day lives, some like to take full advantage of every moment possible while others want to kick it and relax as time passes. Humans and time have had a pretty interesting relationship.
  • Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss a poorly known group of entognath hexapods known as springtails
  • You’ve probably also been hearing about bans on single-use plastic happening all over the place. Let’s take a moment to look into the continuing story of humans and plastic. How can we reduce plastic waste?
  • The National Weather Service has given its computer prediction service a major makeover they say will make it more timely and more accurate.
  • Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss a moth submitted to them for identification.