Early data on over-the-counter birth control

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Good morning. Yesterday I saw a press release with the headline “Seabirds only poop while flying” and thought — wow, science is amazing. Anyway, we’ve got three bits of vaccine/virus news to start you off this morning, plus more on indirect research costs, birth control, and wildfires.