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Using just a pipette and a magnetic stirring device, a ragtag group of scientists is attempting to fast track the development of a COVID vaccine.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

The New York Department of Health is investigating a recent Chainsmokers concert due to potentially coronavirus spread among a packed crowd.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

A team of German researchers have found that dogs are able to sniff out the coronavirus with an astonishing accuracy after only a week of training.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of researchers have identified 21 existing drugs that stop the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 from replicating.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Before we can launch any long-term space travel, scientists will need to find away to protect against bacteria, which becomes deadlier in microgravity.
Bacteria

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists just discovered one of the ways that the coronavirus sneaks into cells: a "camouflage" enzyme disguises it as a natural part of the host.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

White House infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci warned on Wednesday that it's unlikely the coronavirus will ever go away completely.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Experimental COVID-19 vaccines are coming with an unfortunate amount of side effecte. Failing to disclose those risks could turn people off altogether.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

According to a preliminary lab test conducted by Pfizer, their COVID vaccine is effective against new highly transmissible variants of the virus.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

A team of German scientists are throwing a tightly-controlled concert in order to understand how COVID-19 can spread in large crowds.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

UK authorities issued a warning on Thursday, claiming that Russian hackers with ties to the Kremlin have been targeting coronavirus vaccine research.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists discovered the first bacteria that chemosynthesizes the metal manganese, and they did it almost by accident while cleaning up an experiment.
Bacteria

By Dan Robitzski

Human Tests For This COVID Vaccine Look “Promising,” Researchers Say
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

The coronavirus seems to kill more men than women for unknown reasons, but a new data tracker may help scientists get to the bottom of it.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk is once again posting misleading claims about the coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to downplay the danger it poses.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

Gilead Sciences, the pharmaceutical company behind the COVID-19 drug remdesivir, just announced how much it plans to charge for the antiviral medication.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

When the pharmaceutical industry finally develops a coronavirus vaccine, medical-grade glass shortages may prevent companies from distributing it.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

With so few new COVID-19 cases in China, vaccine research in the country — like an upcoming phase three experiment — needs to be conducted overseas.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

The European Union may not reopen its borders to the United States due to the largely uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus in the country.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Anthony Fauci, the United States' top infectious disease specialist, warned today of a "disturbing surge" in new coronavirus infections.
Viruses

By Jon Christian

Scientists are infecting mini-organs with COVID-19 to better understand how the virus infects and interacts with human organs.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

A new model shows every single atom in the spikes on the surface of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, potentially giving rise to more targeted treatment.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that coronavirus antibodies and survivor's immunity could fade away after just two to three months.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

The state of Arkansas is suing televangelist Jim Bakker after he advertised and sold fraudulent, entirely made up cures for COVID-19.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

A common mutation of the coronavirus is far more contagious than others, potentially explaining why some regions were so devastated.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

According to experts, a drug used to reduce inflammation for a variety of conditions cut the risk of death of COVID-19 patients on ventilators by a third.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Michael Flor, who survived a record-setting 62-day hospital stay for the coronavirus, just got hit by a $1.1 million hospital bill.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

Leaked documents dated to earlier this week, obtained from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Yahoo News.
Viruses

By Jon Christian

Over the next three months, three potential COVID-19 vaccines will begin phase III clinical trials, the final test before regulatory approval.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

New research shows that, without lockdowns, the U.S. would have likely had nearly 5 million more cases of the coronavirus by early April.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

Several employees were instructed to stay at home after testing positive for the coronavirus after Tesla defied lockdown orders in California.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Health officials have raised concerns about whether the ongoing protests could trigger a second wave of coronavirus cases. Some are downplaying the risks.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Artificial intelligence algorithms trained on satellite and mobile data could spot coronavirus victims and help better coordinate humanitarian aid.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is actually a genetic hybrid of a bat and pangolin virus that happened to swap genes.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are working hard to develop cost-efficient UVC light lamps that could be used to sanitize anything from hospital rooms to subway car interiors.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Multiple scientists have found that greater humidity seems to block the coronavirus from spreading, but experts warn against complacency if cases drop.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

In order to track local outbreaks of the coronavirus, scientists are analyzing samples from sewers and wastewater treatment facilities.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

A new system allows the interior cabin of Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles to literally bake at sweltering temperatures to neutralize any infected surfaces
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Whenever a coronavirus vaccine becomes available to the public, only 49 percent of Americans responding to a poll said they'd actually get it.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study involving 96,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine was linked to an increased risk of mortality.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

In order to limit the number of doctors who come into contact with COVID-19 patients, hospitals are using mixed reality goggles to communicate across rooms.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

A growing number of biostatistical models predicting the future U.S. coronavirus death toll agree: there will likely be 110,000 fatalities by June 6.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

This startup is selling a gigantic air-filtration helmet that it says will filter out the COVID-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus. Does it work?
Viruses

By Jon Christian

Police in China, Italy, Dubai, and multiple other countries are now wearing thermal cameras embedded in their helmets to scan for fevers.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists figured out how the coronavirus takes over cells, and they think they found potential treatments that stop it.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

"This virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away," WHO emergencies expert Mike Ryan said on Thursday.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft and the biotech company Adaptive are launching a study on coronavirus patients' T cells, and they're buying blood samples to get started.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new report by The Wall Street Journal, Chinese and Iranian hackers are targeting US efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

A resurgence of coronavirus cases is starting to hit China, South Korea and Germany — just as governments are starting to loosen restrictions.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

In a new report, scientists discussed how to ensure that space travelers don't contaminate distant planets — and that they won't bring back pollutants.
Pathogens

By Victor Tangermann

Recent earning reports from companies like Lyft, Uber, and Airbnb show that the coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating effect on the sharing economy.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study by an international team of researchers, antibodies found in the blood of llamas were able to stave off coronavirus infections.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Health Department official Rick Bright filed a whistleblower complaint about officials in the Trump administration ignoring warnings about the pandemic.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

New genetic analysis suggests that COVID-19 spread to the U.S. and Europe weeks or even months earlier than official reports say.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new report, researchers outline a new dominant strain of coronavirus that appears to be more contagious than the previously dominating one.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Staff at the Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo have been noticing that their roughly 300 tiny garden eels have been burying themselves in sand more often.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese intelligence warned the country's leadership that its response to the coronavirus pandemic created a massive wave of global anti-China sentiment.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

A new survey led by researchers from a number of US universities found that the majority of Americans want to continue physical distancing measures.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

The FDA just approved its first treatment for COVID-19: an experimental antiviral drug called remdesivir that showed promise in preliminary research.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at the University of East Anglia, England have found links between low levels of vitamin D and COVID-19 mortality rates across Europe.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon Buys Thermal Cameras to Scan Workers For Fevers
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti announced on Wednesday that all city and county residents can get a free COVID-19 test, with our without symptoms.
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

White House health advisor Anthony Fauci said yesterday that early drug trial testing of antiviral drug remdesivir showed "quite good news."
Viruses

By Victor Tangermann

As various teams race to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, one group at Oxford University says that, under the right conditions, theirs could be available as soon as September.
Viruses

By Dan Robitzski