Coronavirus
Video: The evolution, genetics and virulence of coronaviruses
UC Berkeley professor and IGI Investigator Britt Glaunsinger, PhD, explains the evolution, genetics, and virulence of coronaviruses. The rapid spread ...
‘Public Panic Pandemic’: How our reaction to the coronavirus makes things worse than they should be
Deconstructing the epidemiology of a global panic ...
Human trials underway on 2 coronavirus vaccines in China
China has started clinical trials on two potential COVID-19 vaccines, the country's official state-run press agency reported citing the State ...
How many people have contracted the coronavirus but are not showing symptoms? Study of pregnant women in New York City finds 13.5% are asymptomatic
In recent weeks, Covid-19 has rapidly spread throughout New York City. The obstetrical population presents a unique challenge during this ...
‘Next wave’ of coronavirus tests should reveal scope of the pandemic
Health departments, hospitals and companies around the world are rolling out the next wave in coronavirus tests, which look in ...
Can we prevent future pandemics while transforming more forests into farms?
Viruses that jump from animals to people, like the one responsible for COVID-19, will likely become more common as people ...
Podcast: ‘Angry Chef’ Anthony Warner takes on food pseudoscience and COVID-19 misinformation
Anthony Warner, better known as "the Angry Chef," visits the Fuel the Pedal podcast to examine how nutrition science is ...
Can genetics explain the degrees of misery inflicted by the coronavirus?
“The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus.” Joshua Lederberg, Nobel Prize in Physiology ...
Wave of coronavirus conspiracies might be ‘just as dangerous for societies as the outbreak itself’
The coronavirus has given rise to a flood of conspiracy theories, disinformation and propaganda, eroding public trust and undermining health ...
Skin patch with 400 needles: Another potential coronavirus vaccine ready for human testing
Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine at a University of Pittsburgh lab. The deadly disease that crippled infants disappeared almost ...
‘Next time we might not be so lucky’: The coronavirus shows why we need to learn more about viral threats
Living through the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all now seeing the consequences of a failure to plan ahead when an ...
Infographic: 3 strategies for finding coronavirus treatments
The scientific community is working around the clock, not only to protect us from COVID-19, but to prevent future strains ...
Podcast: Don’t treat that fever—Dr. Paul Offit on why many of medicine’s most popular practices are ‘overkill’
Vaccine skeptics, alternative health advocates and anti-GMO activists are regularly lambasted for ignoring evidence that challenges their ideology. As it ...
If you survive the coronavirus, do you gain immunity? And for how long?
Scientists don’t yet have definitive answers about SARS-CoV-2 immunity. For now, people who have had the disease appear unlikely to ...
Lessons learned from the past: Why rushing a coronavirus vaccine could be dangerous
Annual flu shots don’t need to go through clinical trials every time they are adjusted for each year’s flu strain, ...
What the rest of the world can learn from Iceland’s mass coronavirus testing project
Big data can come from small places. Iceland’s isolated location and sparse population mean that some vital information about the ...
Woman charged for allegedly selling illegal pesticides on eBay she claimed would kill coronavirus
A Georgia woman made her initial appearance on federal charges of illegally importing and selling an unregistered pesticide, Toamit Virus ...
How would a coronavirus antibody test work?
The hunt is on for a coronavirus antibody test that tells people whether they have had COVID-19 and are immune ...
Opinion: To reduce the likelihood of future pandemics, we need to rethink our relationship with wild animals and wild places
This article by Christian Walzer originally ran at Ensia and has been republished here with permission. The COVID-19 coronavirus has ...
How vaccines, antivirals and antibodies could help fight the coronavirus
There has been a lot of confusion in regard to possible treatments for COVID-19 and the timeline for the development ...
Bringing ‘medical lore’ to life: Century-old practice of plasma infusions could be used against coronavirus
An old idea for fighting infections — an approach most physicians know about only from medical lore — is being ...
When will experimental coronavirus drugs will be ready for the clinic?
Is there hope that something will be available soon to help us fight this virus, known as SARS-CoV-2? Here’s a ...
First wave over? Several European nations set to relax coronavirus lockdowns
Europe is getting ready to reopen, slowly. Italy, Austria and Denmark are among the first countries to plot the gradual ...
Podcast: GMOs to blame for coronavirus? Catching COVID-19 twice; junk studies fuel biotech skepticism
As the world continues to struggle against the rapidly spreading coronavirus, anti-GMO activists are blaming crop biotechnology for the pandemic ...
Herd immunity and where it fits in the fight against the coronavirus
During the opening phases of the coronavirus pandemic, government officials in the UK drew scorn from health experts after suggesting ...
Was it a bat? A lab leak? A bioweapon? Virus hunters battle cornovarius origin speculation
A vacuum of knowledge about the origins of the new coronavirus ravaging the world has provided fertile ground for all ...
Rising food prices amid coronavirus pandemic stress already fragile economies in developing world
As the coronavirus pandemic penetrates more deeply into global supply chains, prices for key staples are starting to soar in ...
