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Scientists Fear ‘Catastrophic’ COVID Combination With Another Virus
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastThe SARS-CoV-2 virus is highly contagious...
There are at least 500 coronaviruses. We must develop next-gen vaccines now, experts say.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn some ways, we've been lucky with the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus that causes it is highly...
‘Disease X’ could cause the next pandemic, according to the WHO—or Ebola, SARS, or Nipah. 9...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoThe annual meeting of the World Economic Forum—to be held in Davos, Switzerland, next week—is on...
Multipronged vaccine protects against COVID virus family members — even some still in hiding
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoResearchers at Caltech have devised an experimental vaccine that targets an array of coronaviruses...
Debating COVID's origins
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Wuhan wet market. Bloomberg / Contributor Republicans have issued a new report on the lab leak theory and promise hearings. What does the evidence...
Is Monkeypox Just the Beginning?
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA fresh outbreak of monkeypox in Europe and the United States in recent weeks isn’t just a threat to public health. It’s also a warning sign. More and...
Monkeys could hold the key to a future vaccine for all COVID variants and the original SARS virus
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoScientists created a COVID-19 vaccine for rhesus monkeys. Plot twist: It offered equal protection...
Some coronaviruses kill, while others cause a common cold. We are getting closer to knowing why
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSome human coronaviruses cause seasonal colds or other mild symptoms. Others can be severe and even...
David Quammen’s ‘Breathless’ Is a Riveting Account of the Race to Understand SARS-CoV-2
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe acclaimed nonfiction writer talked to nearly 100 scientists to tell the story of how the virus...
The next pandemic could be ‘as infectious as this one but far more lethal’—and make COVID look like...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe next pandemic could make COVID look like a cakewalk, one expert warned Tuesday at Fortune’s...