Tracking a secret outbreak in Iowa
How genetic science can help expose, track and contain coronavirus outbreaks. And your voting questions answered.
October 15, 202023m 55s
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How genetic science can help expose, track and contain coronavirus outbreaks. And your voting questions answered.
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In a pandemic rife with confusion, where essential data and clear guidance have been difficult to find, clues to controlling coronavirus outbreaks can be found in the virus’s own genetic code. Sarah Kaplan reports on an undisclosed outbreak in Postville, Iowa — and the genetic evidence it left behind.
Your voting questions, answered. One listener asks, how do campaigns get involved in challenging votes? Election law attorney Ben Ginsberg explains.
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