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Anti-vaxxers are spreading false claims about a new RNA rabies vaccine for pets, despite its potential effectiveness and fewer side effects.

5/5: Everything I loved about “The Midwizard of Cosconia” (read as an advance copy), I loved about this book as well: the well-paced story, the world-building, the magic system, and the characters. An...

5/5: I loved this book. It was a great, well-paced story and I loved the characters and the clever banter between them. Some parts had me laughing out loud and some parts really resonated with me, esp...

2/5: I did not enjoy this book. It seems to me that the author was trying to be literary, resulting in difficult-to-parse writing. In other places the text was just dull. Many of the explanations of t...

I just reviewed The Loudest Place on Earth by Ken Ziegler

Removal of meningococcal vaccines from the CDC vaccine schedule will harm children. Meningococcal disease, although rare, can be deadly.

5/5: I loved this book. It has everything I want in a popular science book. The author’s journey was excellent, along with the inside look at pediatrics. I found the writing compelling and I couldn’t ...

I just reviewed The Object by Joshua T. Calvert

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I just reviewed Traveling Dictionary by Ella Morton

5/5: I loved this book. The pacing is great and I couldn’t put the book down. The tone is conversational and friendly, with the occasional well-placed levity. David Quammen was very good at explaining the science involved and in staying out of the weeds.I also loved the way Quammen incorporated his own journey in the book. I found the writing to be elegant at the same time as being highly comprehensible. I enjoyed the biographical information, the author’s journey, and the very useful maps. Overall this was a great read.

4/5: I found this book informative. Although the actual science can be quite complex, I think that Khamsi did a good job of translating it into plain language. I also liked the case-based approach and...

I just reviewed Star Trek: Shaxs' Best (and Worst) Day by Ryan North; Derek Charm

5/5: I enjoyed this book. While at times I found the content quite complex, I felt that Dr. Sharon acknowledged this and did well in providing plain language explanations. Thus the book never devolved...

16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.