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Younger kids: To vax or not to vax? That is the question

July 1, 2021
 “The younger the children were, the more hesitant the parents were to have them vaccinated,” Hopfer said.Read the article here

Is the contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus a threat to Orange County?

June 29, 2021
Andrew Noymer, a UC Irvine professor of population health and disease prevention, said he’s not currently worried about the variant because transmission of the virus is low, which he attributes...

COVID isn’t spread by mosquitoes. But the next pandemic might be

June 29, 2021
Anthony A. James, a professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at UC Irvine, told me the Aedes mosquito previously had a tough time gaining a foothold in California “because winters...

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Tom Lane

Thomas E. Lane, Ph.D.
Center Director
tlane@uci.edu

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Matthew D. Marsden, Ph.D.
Center Associate Director
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Rebecca Taylor

Rebecca Taylor
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Executive Committee

Bert Semler

Bert Semler, Ph.D.

Matthew Marsden

Matthew Marsden, Ph.D.

Lisa Wagar

Lisa Wagar, Ph.D.

Roberto Tinoco

Roberto Tinoco, Ph.D.