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Four Ways the COVID-Causing Virus Changed Science
Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The ...
Public was misled by the scientific community about COVID origins, NY Times columnist argues
A column published in The New York Times claimed the public was "badly misled" about the origins of COVID, even after its own ...
How the pandemic changed the world of disease control for worse — and for better
Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...
COVID-19 pandemic worsens mother, infant birth outcomes, study finds
Arnold School researchers associated with the South Carolina Smart State Center for Healthcare Quality have published new ...
HKU1 not a new virus, less likely to cause any widespread infection: Experts
Even as the news of a woman in Kolkata being infected with Human Coronavirus HKU1 has raised fresh concerns, health experts ...
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Remdesivir Improved Survival Across All COVID-19 Severity Levels
The following is a summary of “A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of remdesivir to treat SARS-CoV-2 ...
CeSPIACE: A broad spectrum peptide inhibitor against variable SARS-CoV-2 spikes
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, infects cells by binding its spike protein to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 ...
Predicting SARS-CoV-2 variant infectivity with biophysical principles
When the COVID-19 pandemic first began, we saw how quickly the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolved. New variants emerged with mutations ...
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Long COVID Insights May Improve Lung Treatments
Scientists have learned more about how SARS-CoV-2 infections, which cause COVID-19, can ruin the ability of immune cells to ...
Symptoms of long COVID can last at least two years after infection, research suggests
Some 23% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 between 2021 and 2023 developed long COVID, and in more than half of them the ...
A Pill to Prevent COVID-19 Shows Promise
That’s the potential promise of a new study on a drug made by Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi. At a scientific ...
Under the microscope: Looking at B.C.'s wastewater surveillance for viruses
Scientists say they hope testing wastewater for pathogens, which gained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic in B.C., continues and helps better inform the public of emerging threats going forward.