The pandemic may be over, but Fauci is still fearful. Not of SARS-CoV-2, nor of the next “inevitable pandemic,” he says. No, Fauci is most concerned that the public will forget just how deadly the COVID-19 pandemic was.
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A new study has found that people may experience long-term symptoms—or "long colds"—after acute respiratory infections that test negative for COVID-19.
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The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their “discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.”
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A new material that packs deadly heat for viruses on its outer surface while staying cool on the reverse side could transform the way we make and use personal protective equipment.
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Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School have uncovered several previously unknown strains of swine flu viruses that have been circulating unnoticed in Cambodian pig populations over the past 15 years.
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GPS trackers on 43 species across the globe show that animals changed their behavior when humans stayed indoors.
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The new coronavirus test focuses on antibodies against a protein, called the N-protein, that is embedded in the virus’s nucleocapsid.
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New research examining how frequently our bodies produce broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) capable of thwarting a range of SARS-CoV-2 variants offers clues on the strategy tweaks that could potentially future-proof COVID-19 vaccines.
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Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists have developed a nanoparticle they say has the potential to improve the delivery of mRNA-based vaccines for infectious diseases, like COVID-19, as well as non-infectious diseases, including cancer.
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An analysis of data on the international trade of macaques for research revealed discrepancies that point to a booming macaque black market. This illegal trade increases the risk of disease transmission to humans, which could set the stage for the next pandemic.
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Scientists have discovered a hidden "doorway" for SARS-CoV-2 that allows the virus to enter cells easily—and cholesterol is to blame.
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More than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, scientists have created a nationwide framework to detail the long-lasting effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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A new study has found that the risk of long COVID and its symptoms present very differently across diverse populations, and suggests that further investigation is needed to accurately define the disease and improve diagnosis and treatment.
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When new COVID-19 vaccines were first administered two years ago, public health officials found an increase in cases of myocarditis, particularly among young males who had been vaccinated with mRNA vaccines.
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The finding provides new insight into how the protein, known as the occludin protein, serves as a mediator for cell-to-cell transmission of the virus.
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