As viral infections skyrocket, masks are still a tried-and-true way to...
Emily Toth Martin, University of Michigan and Marisa Eisenberg, University of Michigan
The cold and flu season of 2022 has begun with a vengeance. Viruses...
COVID-19 antibodies decline quickly
Declining antibodies and immunity to COVID-19 – why the worry?
Alexander (Sasha) Poltorak, Tufts University
Most people are aware that testing for antibodies in a person’s...
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...
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...
COVID-19 and obesity
COVID-19 reveals how obesity harms the body in real time, not just over a lifetime
A COVID-19 patient is connected to life-sustaining devices at Mount...
Researchers very concerned about covid variant P.1
Dr. Francis Collins
National Institutes of Health
By last October, about three out of every four residents of Manaus, Brazil already had been infected with SARS-CoV-2,...
Dwindling Medical Supplies Expressed in Number of Days Left
A dispatch from the front lines: 'We don’t talk in terms of supply numbers, we talk in terms of days'
W. Graham Carlos, Indiana University...
Mild vaccine side effects expected
Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 will have side effects – that's a good thing
Matthew Woodruff, Emory University
Takeaways
Temporary side effects from vaccines are a normal sign...
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...
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...
