COVID-19 Case Severity: How Genetic Variations Affect Our Immune Cells
New LJI research shows how a range of critical immune cells respond to SARS-CoV-2. New research shows how genetic variations linked to severe cases of…
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New COVID Threat: Rodents Could Be Asymptomatic Carriers of SARS-Like Coronaviruses
Some ancestral rodents likely had repeated infections with SARS-like coronaviruses, leading them to acquire tolerance or resistance to the pathogens, according to new research publishing today…
Did the CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy Work? Comparing 17.5 Million Options
A year ago, amid surging COVID-19 cases and a limited supply of newly developed vaccines, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention faced a…
Scientists Go “Inside” the COVID-19 Viral Protein To Attack a Weak Point
Virtual reality (VR) technology enables scientists to create 3-D models of an object and then virtually go “inside” to look around to better understand its…
COVID-19 Vaccines Lower Risk of Infection With Delta Variant – But Infection Can Still Be Passed On
Study of 621 people in the UK with mild COVID-19 infections found that people who received two vaccine doses could still pass the infection on…
COVID-19 Danger: White-Tailed Deer Found To Be Huge Reservoir of Coronavirus Infection
New research from the US has shown that white-tailed deer are being infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. Antibodies were found…
Where COVID-19’s Death Grip Slipped (Briefly) – Surprising Findings by Columbia University Researchers
In 2020, mortality climbed worldwide, but dropped in rural Bangladesh. Geochemist Lex van Geen works at the intersection of public health and environmental risks. His research on natural…
COVID-19 Outbreak May Pose Threat to Wild Mountain Gorillas in Volcanoes National Park
A COVID-19 outbreak among wild mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, could lead to the collapse of the population, according to a modeling…
Cholesterol-Lowering Statins Linked to Reduced Risk of Death From COVID-19 in Major Study
Statins are a recommended and common intervention for preventing cardiovascular events by reducing levels of lipoprotein cholesterol in the blood. During the pandemic, it has…
“Replication Proteins” – New Target for Next-Generation COVID-19 Vaccines
Next-generation vaccines for Covid-19 should aim to induce an immune response against ‘replication proteins’, essential for the very earliest stages of the viral cycle, concludes…
COVID-19: The Older You Are, the More Antibodies You Have – Better Protection Against Delta Variant
With the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants worldwide, the pandemic’s spread is accelerating. A research team led by Joelle Pelletier and Jean-François Masson, both professors in…
Preliminary Evidence Suggests Coronavirus Jumped From Animals to Humans Multiple Times
The origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been hotly debated. This debate has caused substantial difficulties in the Australia-China…
Earth’s Atmosphere Reacted in Surprising Ways to Emission Reductions From COVID Pandemic
Earth’s atmosphere reacted in surprising ways to the lowering of emissions during the pandemic, showing how closely climate warming and air pollution are linked. The…
NIH Scientists Identify Mechanism That May Boost Infectivity of COVID Variants
Enzyme process alters spike protein function. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have found that a process in cells may limit infectivity of SARS-CoV-2,…
Why the COVID-19 Delta Variant Spreads So Easily and Infects People So Quickly
Findings have implications for next-generation COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has swept the globe, becoming the dominant variant within just a…
“Virus-Killing” Air Filtration System Unveiled – Innovative Nanomaterial Destroys Viruses, Including Coronaviruses
A new carbon-based air filtration nanomaterial capable of capturing and destroying various viruses, including animal coronavirus, a close relative of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that…
New Nanobody COVID Vaccine Design Is Easier To Make, Doesn’t Need Cold Storage
Protein-based vaccine elicits strong immune responses in mice; approach could be used for other diseases. Currently available COVID vaccines require cold storage and sophisticated manufacturing…
Conspiracy Theorists Exploited COVID-19 Science – Here’s How
Conspiracists have used the provisional nature of science to paint scientists as malign actors. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, conspiracy theorists have exploited the conditional nature…