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What is a breakthrough infection?

Six questions answered about catching COVID-19 after vaccination Sanjay Mishra, PhD, Vanderbilt University If you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe you figured you no longer need...
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What are COVID-19 variants and how can you stay safe as...

With the delta variant making up over 93% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. at the end of July 2021, questions arise about how...

On the Trail of a Killer

Antibodies in the blood of COVID-19 survivors know how to beat coronavirus – and researchers are already testing new treatments that harness them. A person...
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Blood sugar levels may influence vulnerability to coronavirus

Blood sugar levels may influence vulnerability to coronavirus, and controlling them through conventional means might be protective Can watching your blood sugar help fight COVID-19? Sugar...
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Using Genetic Decoding to Trace Covids Spread

The coronavirus genome is like a shipping label that lets epidemiologists track where it's been Bert Ely, University of South Carolina and Taylor Carter, University...
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Neurological damage common among covid long haulers

Prolonged brain dysfunction in COVID-19 survivors: A pandemic in its own right? Chris Robinson, University of Florida One in three survivors of COVID-19, those more commonly...
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What is the new COVID-19 variant BA.2, and will it cause...

Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina A new omicron subvariant of the virus that causes COVID-19, BA.2, is...
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6 COVID-19 treatments helping patients survive

William G. Bain, University of Pittsburgh; Georgios D. Kitsios, University of Pittsburgh, and Tomeka L. Suber, University of Pittsburgh A year ago, when U.S. health...
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Tracking Covid’s variants and spread with genomic surveillance

Genomic surveillance: What it is and why we need more of it to track coronavirus variants and help end the COVID-19 pandemic Alexander Sundermann, University...

COVID-19 and the cytokine storm

Blocking the deadly cytokine storm is a vital weapon for treating COVID-19 Alexander (Sasha) Poltorak, Tufts University The killer is not the virus but the immune...

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