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Scientists tried to give people COVID — and failed
Nature· 7 days agoResearchers deliberately infect participants with SARS-CoV-2 in ‘challenge’ trials — but high levels of immunity complicate efforts to test vaccines and...
A Dutch man with lymphoma and other blood disorders was infected with the COVID-causing virus for...
Scientific American· 6 days agoWhen the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, was surging around the world in...
COVID-19 variants called FLiRT are spreading across US
FOX 29 Philadelphia· 1 day agoA new group of COVID-19 variants is circulating across the United States. According to tracking by...
170 people 'likely exposed' to tuberculosis in Long Beach outbreak
LiveScience· 4 days agoA tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Long Beach, California, has been declared a public health emergency...
Our new vaccine could protect against coronaviruses that haven’t even emerged yet – new study
The Conversation· 17 hours agoDespite this success, the effects of the pandemic have been devastating, and it is critical to consider how to protect against future pandemic threats. As well as SARS-< ...
New vaccine effective against future coronaviruses
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey· 1 day agoThe new vaccine works by training the body’s immune system to recognize specific regions of eight different coronaviruses - including SARS-CoV-1,
Virologist who was first to share COVID genome is shut out of lab in China
Nature· 7 days agoZhang Yongzhen shared the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 with the world, speeding the development of...
There's a new COVID-19 variant called FLiRT: Here's what you need to know about it
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoMegan L. Ranney, dean of the Yale School of Public Health, told WebMD that FLiRT has some concerning features, like changes in the spike protein, which play a role in helping SARS< ...
Future pandemics will have the same human causes as ancient outbreaks − lessons from anthropology...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoBorders and boundaries no longer constrain the spread of distant outbreaks. The COVID-19 pandemic...
UK phone booth defibrillator conversions began before COVID pandemic | Fact check
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoHeart Association, Aug. 22, 2022, COVID-19 infection poses higher risk for myocarditis than vaccines British Medical Journal, 2023, Clinical outcomes of myocarditis after SARS