Research by Gustavo Caetano-Anollés and Fayez Aziz, University of Illinois, reveals a “big bang” during evolution of protein subunits known as domains. The team looked…
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Study’s findings provide reassurance to individuals with concerns about vaccination. Skin problems such as itchiness, rashes, hives and swelling can occur in some individuals after…
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University of Dundee have screened thousands of drug and chemical molecules and identified a range of potential antivirals…
High-speed videos of a person sneezing reveal the best fabric combos for cloth masks. Credit: American Chemical Society During the COVID-19 pandemic, cloth face masks…
COVID-19 is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners have the virus, according to new research being presented at the European Congress of Clinical…
COVID-19 drugs, vaccines still effective against mutating virus. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists identified how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, gets inside cells…
Comprehensive case finding, repeat testing, and apps for contact tracing and self-isolation also key. Border controls, restricted entry, and quarantine for inbound travelers are essential…
The presence of a state prison in a county was associated with 11% more COVID-19 cases through July 1, 2020, according to a new study…
Engineers at MIT and Harvard have designed a prototype face mask that can diagnose the person wearing the mask with Covid-19 within about 90 minutes.…
Coronavirus graphic. Credit: Gerd Altmann An international team of researchers co-led by the University of Adelaide and the University of Arizona has analyzed the genomes…
Students walk on Penn State’s University Park campus. Credit: Patrick Mansell, Penn State In March 2020, daily life in the United States changed in an…
Image presents global COVID-19 spread across countries over time. Countries marked in yellow–upper bound of a 95% confidence interval of the estimated origin date includes…
Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 variants cause changes in the electrostatic potential (electric charge at rest) on the spike surface. Here, positively charged areas are shown…
Viral mutations during the COVID-19 pandemic could cause the SARS-CoV-2 virus to become more dangerous. A new study published in Genetic Epidemiology has examined the genetic code…
When SARS-CoV-2 (yellow) infects monkey kidney cells, it reduces the cellular recycling mechanism, meaning there are fewer autophagy signals (green) than in non-infected cells. Blue…
Rather than leveling inequality, as the Great Depression did, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities around the world allowing some wealthy investors to benefit from…
Scientists using computer modeling to study SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, have discovered the virus is most ideally adapted to infect human…
Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick,…
New York City COVID-19 data, with reported first- and second-wave data, and corrected first-wave data. Credit: Talib Dbouk and Dimitris Drikakis Advanced uncertainty quantification model…
COVID-19 has widened the life expectancy gap across racial groups and between the US and peer countries. U.S. life expectancy decreased by 1.87 years between…