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2 new COVID ‘FLiRT’ variants are on the rise: Watch out for these symptoms
Staten Island Advance· 2 days agoA new group of highly transmissible coronavirus (COVID-19) variants are taking hold in the United...
How to Stop Bird Flu from Becoming the Next Pandemic
Time Magazine· 8 hours agoIf H5N1 turns into a full-blown pandemic, we are currently in chapter one. Containing the spread of this highly pathogenic bird flu strain in cattle...
What You Need to Know About the KP.2 'FLiRT' COVID Variant
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAlso known as a ‘FLiRT’ variant, KP.2 does not seem to be more infectious than JN.1. KP.2 is...
'Low' risk and tests for all? Botched COVID response hangs over feds' bird-flu plans
Just the News· 2 days agoControl and Prevention wants to distribute rapid tests nationwide so consumers can see if they are...
Being vaccinated against COVID-19 reduces the severity of the illness
Digital Journal· 8 hours agoA new study reveals how COVID-19 vaccines prevent severe disease. This is based on research...
LJI scientist Alison Tarke honored by Italian government
Newswise· 3 days agoThis award is given to an early career, female scientist each year. “This award is a huge honor,”...
New COVID-19 FLiRT strain detected in Arizona. Here's what you need to know
The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDavid Engelthaler, who leads the infectious-diseases division of the Arizona-based Translational Genomics Research Institute, says the FLiRT strains of the SARS-CoV ...
New omicron 'FLiRT' variants account for most COVID-19 cases in the US
Scripps News via AOL· 3 days agoThe IDSA says that current data shows that JN.1 is highly effective at evading the immune system,...
Sperm containing virus raises small risk of COVID-19 spread via sex -study
AOL· 3 days agoA study by doctors at China's Shangqiu Municipal Hospital of 38 men hospitalized with the disease found that six of them, or 16%, tested positive for SARS-CoV< ...
GUIDE team develops computational approach to redesign antibodies for broader effectiveness against...
Newswise· 3 days agoIn a groundbreaking development for addressing future viral pandemics, a multi-institutional team...