Scientists at the Milner Centre for Evolution looked at the evolution of the virus that…
Browsing: COVID-19
COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, is a global infectious disease that emerged in late 2019 and reshaped public health, science, and society. It primarily affects the respiratory system but can impact multiple organs, leading to a wide range of symptoms from mild illness to severe complications. The pandemic spurred unprecedented scientific collaboration, driving rapid advances in virology, epidemiology, and vaccine development, including mRNA technology. Research into COVID-19 continues to reveal insights into viral evolution, immune response, long COVID, and pandemic preparedness. Its legacy continues to influence healthcare systems, global health policy, and biomedical innovation worldwide.
Researchers at Stanford and other institutions hypothesize outcomes of the pandemic’s unprecedented socioeconomic disruption and…
Women who are pregnant or taking estrogen with birth control or hormone replacement therapy could…
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute awards $5.4 million to top researchers to steer how society responds…
Rates of psychological distress, including depression and anxiety symptoms, were found among Australian adults during…
Yale School of Medicine and the biopharmaceutical firm AI Therapeutics have launched a multi-institutional clinical…
Obese people among black and minority ethnic communities (BME) are at around two times higher…
Heparin, a common anitcoagulent, could also form basis of a viral trap for SARS-CoV-2. In…
A Phase 3 clinical trial designed to evaluate if an investigational vaccine can prevent symptomatic…
In 400 BC, the renowned Greek physician Hippocrates offered the earliest known account of a…
Multiple drugs improve the activity of remdesivir, a current standard-of-care treatment for COVID-19. A Nature…
A new study by Kansas State University researchers is the first to confirm that SARS-CoV-2…
Understanding any similarities between SARS and COVID-19 inflammation could help in a clinical setting. A…
Existing limited evidence suggests that wearing face coverings to protect against COVID-19 does not lead…
Company working with Sikes Lab to test feasibility of low-cost diagnostic that could be manufactured…
Global COVID-19 “lockdown” measures — the quarantines, physical isolation, travel restrictions, and widespread closures of…
Ph.D. student Steven Fons’ Arctic research adventure, complicated by COVID-19. For Steven Fons, returning home…
Singapore scientists uncover SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity in recovered COVID-19 and SARS patients, and in…