Coronavirus
‘Denial, blame, and conspiratorial thinking’: Anti-vaxxers’ dangerous rhetoric during coronavirus pandemic
So far, the responses from major players wear down a familiar path of conspiratorial thinking and government mistrust ...
‘The fittest among us?’: Why are preteens at lowest risk from coronavirus?
Although the estimation of mortality and morbidity rates caused by pandemics is fraught with difficulty, a trend seems to emerge ...
Coronavirus evolutionary tree can illuminate pandemic’s ‘past, present and possible future’
For anyone who knows how to look, the past, present, and possible futures of the new coronavirus can be found ...
Viewpoint: Medical ethics shouldn’t stop coronavirus vaccine researchers from experimenting on healthy people
The pandemic has thrown previous moral assumptions into disarray. ... Research ethics normally prohibits exposing human subjects to significant risk ...
Infographic: 3 factors affecting how viruses jump from animals to humans
Raina Plowright of Montana State University is working with infectious disease experts, ecologists, and a range of other scientists to ...
Do our genes affect vulnerability to the coronavirus?
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic several months ago, scientists have been puzzling over the different ways the disease ...
Podcast: GMOs = witchcraft? ‘Big Ag’ didn’t cause coronavirus; Remdesivir for COVID-19
We finally have a drug to treat COVID-19 in remdesivir, but how well does it work? Anti-GMO activists have blamed ...
Coronavirus vaccines can’t be rushed: We could have one ‘overnight,’ but it has to be proven safe and effective
Scientists across the globe are racing to develop a vaccine that can protect against COVID-19. The global effort has led ...
Coronavirus vaccine in months, instead of years? Genetic engineering could make it possible
On January 10, when Chinese researchers published the genome of a mysterious, fast-spreading, virus, it confirmed Dan Barouch’s greatest worry ...
Solving coronavirus medical supply and equipment shortages with cryptocurrency technology
Blockchain technology projects are being developed by companies such as International Business Machines Corp. and Ernst & Young LLC to ...
‘Money being made from people’s suffering’: Selling blood samples from coronavirus survivors
Some biotech companies are cashing in on the race to produce coronavirus antibody tests, taking blood samples from people who ...
No, the coronavirus was not genetically engineered in a Wuhan lab, scientists believe
You could be forgiven for wondering how a disease as fast-moving and deadly as COVID-19 could just appear naturally, out ...
Quest for coronavirus treatment inspires modern twist on antique technique using survivors’ plasma
There's no shortage of research efforts looking for ways to stop, or at least slow down, the novel coronavirus. Of ...
Viewpoint: We can reopen the economy, but won’t get ‘back to normal’ without a coronavirus vaccine
During his time at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Farzad Mostashari, M.D., investigated infectious disease outbreaks. Mostashari also ...
‘Microbe maps’: Swabbing subways, ATMs and park benches to find coronavirus hot spots
Nearly a decade ago, after watching his young daughter lick a pole in a subway car, computational biologist Christopher Mason ...
Genetic tracking helps contain Ebola outbreaks. Why hasn’t it worked with the coronavirus?
The first sign that viral genomics might transform epidemiology came in the wake of the 2013-16 Ebola epidemic in West ...
‘Increasingly confident’: Children less vulnerable to coronavirus, numerous studies say
Doctors are increasingly confident that children are less affected by the new coronavirus than adults, a finding that could aid ...
Viewpoint: COVID-19 food shortages—Why the pandemic is a warning to embrace agricultural technology
The question worth asking is this: will we learn from this trying experience and embrace agricultural technology to build a ...
Viewpoint: Anti-vax group says ‘the elite’ are using COVID-19 to usher in a ‘techno-communist global government’
Children's Health Defense says governments and corporations are using the coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) to advance a "global immunization agenda." The anti-vaccine ...
Coronavirus romance: Is it healthy for isolating couples to have so much together time?
In the wake of COVID-19 social distancing and stay-at-home orders, young couples may find themselves spending more time with each ...
Coronavirus opens door for expanded use of artificial intelligence at hospitals
The Royal Bolton Hospital is among a growing number of health-care facilities around the world that are turning to AI ...
Are coronavirus antigen tests the key to finding a way out of the pandemic crisis?
PCR testing isn’t perfect, but it’s seen as the most accurate form of testing available for viruses. Unfortunately, it takes ...
Infographic: Tracking coronavirus strains with genetic ‘barcodes’
Drexel University researchers have reported a method to quickly identify and label mutated versions of the virus that causes COVID-19 ...
Speeding up coronavirus vaccine development by intentionally infecting the healthy? Volunteers are lining up
Momentum is building to speed the development of coronavirus vaccines by intentionally infecting healthy, young volunteers with the virus. A ...
Coronavirus ‘relapses’ in South Korea blamed on faulty tests detecting ‘dead virus fragments’
Scientists said the wave of South Koreans who tested positive for COVID-19 even after they recovered did not have the ...
Anti-vaxxers and anti-GMO lobby double down on COVID China conspiracy theory
As the World Health Organization warns of a misinformation “infodemic,” anti-science groups around the world are doubling down on a ...
Taming the body’s immune response could offer treatment option for coronavirus
Among the many outstanding questions about COVID-19 is how the same virus, SARS-CoV-2, can kill some patients and leave others ...
