The team wanted to build a device—a printer of sorts—that could quickly produce and deploy vaccines during outbreaks of diseases.
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Using powerful sequencing technology, researchers have identified specific biomarker patterns in the blood that are unique to severe COVID-19 infection, as well as others unique to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).
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People living with long COVID who suffer from loss of smell show different patterns of activity in certain regions of the brain, a new study has found.
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A new study shows mutations that tightened the core of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in new variants may have increased the virus’s fitness.
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Last spring, just as the COVID-19 pandemic began to wane to an endemic level, U.S. states and other countries were hit with yet another mysterious virus. This virus, however, was killing young children rather than presenting asymptomatically as SARS-CoV-2 did.
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A new study shows how COVID-19 subvariants spread more rapidly among those who were previously infected and Paxlovid might have made people more susceptible to future infections.
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Scientists have developed an mRNA-based vaccine that is 100% effective against a type of bacteria that is lethal to humans.
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Researchers showed the rate of premature death from respiratory disease was about 2% for those who had a lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in early childhood, compared with around 1% for those who did not.
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A new study shows there are currently 8 million wild animals in New York City with the potential to incite secondary zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to humans, including new variants the human population has not encountered yet.
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“Even though we know the fundamental driver of these outbreaks, we have effectively done nothing to stop the ignition of a future outbreak.”
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The international group of scientists who successfully lobbied the World Health Organisation to recognize the airborne transmission of COVID-19 have published four key steps needed to avoid similar critical mistakes in the future.
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Researchers have shed even more light on the close relationship between bats and viruses by generating the first induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from bats.
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Globally, more than 600 million people have recovered from COVID-19, but concerns remain that some organs, especially the lungs, may suffer long-term damage after infection.
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According to a new study, COVID-19 survivors have a 66% higher risk of developing type 1 or type 2 diabetes compared to those not diagnosed with COVID-19.
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Spanish scientists say they have found one such puzzle piece that may help further explain the wide variation SARS-CoV-2 presents with—specific chemical pollutants.
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