Scientists have shown that a large group of viruses, including the influenza viruses and other serious pathogens, steal genetic signals from their hosts to expand…
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Many flu strains may be capable of mutating to escape universal-vaccine antibodies. Some common strains of influenza have the potential to mutate to evade broad-acting…
Jules-Élie Delaunay, Peste à Rome (1869). Between 165 and 180 AD, the Antonine Plague caused the death of millions of people in the Roman Empire and far…
More than 99.9% of seasonal coronaviruses present in airborne droplets were killed when exposed to a particular wavelength of ultraviolet light that is safe to…
A paper published by Paul Fidel, Jr., PhD, Professor and Director of the Center of Excellence in Oral and Craniofacial Biology and Associate Dean for…
It is well known that rates of transmission of some respiratory viruses, including influenza, tend to fall during the summer months. As COVID-19 has spread…
This transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of intact rotavirus particles. Credit: CDC Rotavirus is responsible for more than 130,000 deaths annually in infants and children younger…
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (green), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the…
As evidence mounts for the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 infecting various animals, scientists at UCL say a global effort is needed to reduce the risk of…
A model of an S-protein. Illustration: Dr. Yeolkyo Choi/Lehigh The virus SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the known cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The…
After conducting modeling that found that a new antiviral drug called baloxavir has a greater impact on mitigating the spread of influenza than an older…
Administering the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine could serve as a preventive measure to dampen septic inflammation associated with COVID-19 infection, say a team of…
In lab experiments, both the lung cell and immune cell types of nanosponges caused the SARS-CoV-2 virus to lose nearly 90% of its “viral infectivity”…
Vortex caused by common annular flushing. Credit: J.-X. Wang Coronavirus could be transmitted through a long-lasting cloud of virus-containing aerosol droplets ejected from a flushing…
The virus’s ability to change makes it likely that new human coronaviruses will arise. A team of scientists studying the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus…
The clinical presentation of Covid-19 varies from patient to patient and understanding individual genetic susceptibility to the disease is therefore vital to prognosis, prevention, and…
Acalabrutinib (trade name Calquence) is a medication used to treat a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma known as mantle cell lymphoma. The drug acalabrutinib, FDA-approved for…
A new tool is helping scientists better understand COVID-19. Illustration by Marcin Minor. Credit: Marcin Minor Biomedical scientists working with COVID-19 have an important new…
Neutralization potency of BD-368-2 antibody against pseudovirus and authentic virus, IC50 reached 8pM and 100pM respectively. Credit: Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics, Biomedical Pioneering…
A study conducted in Sydney during the early epidemic stage of COVID-19 has found an association between lower humidity and an increase in locally acquired…