NIDDK’s Dr. Joseph Courtney breathes into sealed box while wearing a mask. Credit: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases NIH study compares…
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Some coronaviruses can add to their genetic pool some genes belonging to the host they infected. In this way, they can blend in and be…
Dogs’ Highly Evolved Noses Can Rapidly Detect the SARS-CoV-2 Virus For some 15,000 years, dogs have been our hunting partners, workmates, helpers and companions. Could…
A little girl in a medical mask stands on the street during the COVID 19 Coronavirus pandemic. She is holding a toy teddy bear, who…
A Zapotec woman making tamales using locally grown maiz, or corn. Credit: Jeffrey Cohen On the outskirts of some small Indigenous communities in the Mexican…
Strong evidence that prompt anti-clotting therapy may prevent deaths in hospital patients. Patients given preventive blood thinning drugs (prophylactic anticoagulants) within 24 hours of admission…
In this December 8, 2020, photo, US President Donald Trump speaks during the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent…
SARS-CoV-2 infected Vero cells untreated (left) and treated with neutralizing antibody (right). Credit: Mor M, et al., 2021, PLOS Pathogens, CC BY 4.0 The majority…
SARS-CoV-2 mutations similar to those in the B1.1.7 UK variant could arise in cases of chronic infection, where treatment over an extended period can provide…
In Physics of Fluids, researchers report using advanced simulation methods to capture the complex flows that occur when the cold airflow from air conditioners interacts…
Professor Linfa Wang, Director, Emerging Infectious Diseases Program at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore. Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School An Epidemiological Blueprint for Understanding the Dynamics of…
Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota. Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have found important structural similarities between SARS-CoV-2…
Dr. Iahn Gonsenhauser, chief quality and patient safety officer at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, says though some restrictions on things like social…
UBC study highlights the best style and fabrics for COVID-19 face masks. In the race to stop the spread of COVID-19, a three-layer cloth mask…
Single shot of peginterferon-lambda accelerates clearance of COVID-19 infection, UHN-led study shows. Credit: Courtesy UHN UHN-led study indicates peginterferon-lambda treatment can speed up clearance of…
Associate Professor Nathan Bartlett holds a mockup of the immune boosting nasal spray in the HMRI labs in Newcastle, Australia. Credit: Hunter Medical Research Institute…
A Scene in Bangladesh. Credit: Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune Falling incomes, smaller meals, educational setbacks among the consequences. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year…
Estimated increase in the local number of bat species due to shifts in their geographical ranges driven by climate change since 1901. The zoomed-in area…
New research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time the extent to which frailty increases the risk of mortality in…
Waning immunity may heighten risk, but milder reinfection may follow severe infection. It may be possible to have two completely separate bouts of COVID-19, doctors…