Long COVID-19 linked to overactive immune response
Long COVID-19 and other chronic respiratory conditions after viral infections may stem from an overactive immune response in the lungs
Harish Narasimhan, University of Virginia
Viruses that...
White-tailed deer found to be huge reservoir of coronavirus infection
Graeme Shannon, Bangor University; Amy Gresham, Bangor University, and Owain Barton, Bangor University
New research from the US has shown that white-tailed deer are being...
Could oral antiviral pills be a game-changer for COVID-19?
An infectious disease physician explains why these options are badly needed
Patrick Jackson, University of Virginia
Nearly two years into the pandemic, it has become starkly clear...
Intranasal COVID-19 vaccine effective in animal studies
US National Institutes of Health
At a Glance
A nasal spray of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine protected hamsters and monkeys against serious disease and reduced...
How effective are vaccines against omicron?
An epidemiologist answers 6 questions about vaccine effectiveness against Omicron
Melissa Hawkins, American University
The pandemic has brought many tricky terms and ideas from epidemiology into everyone’s...
Myocarditis: COVID-19 is a much bigger risk to the heart than...
Glen Pyle, University of Guelph and Jennifer H Huang, Oregon Health & Science University
The heart has played a central role in COVID-19 since the...
A new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine could be a game changer
CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally
Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology
The world now has a new COVID-19 vaccine...
Dogs can be trained to sniff out COVID-19
A team of forensic researchers explain the science of training and learning from the amazing power of the canine nose
Kenneth G. Furton, Florida International University;...
How the omicron subvariant BA.5 became a master of disguise –...
Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Penn State
The omicron subvariant known as BA.5 was first detected in South Africa in February 2022 and spread rapidly throughout the...
COVID-19 can cause lasting lung damage
3 ways long COVID patients’ respiration can suffer
Jeffrey M. Sturek, University of Virginia and Alexandra Kadl, University of Virginia
“I just can’t do what I used...
