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Discovery of new Covid infection mechanism offers clue to SARS-CoV-2 leap to humans

One of the best-known aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic is that the virus ‘jumped’ into people from animals – perhaps bats or pangolins – in a process known as zoonotic transfer. What hasn’t been clear to scientists is...

27 June, 2022

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Down-regulating TAO2 prevents influenza from replicating in cells and could provide new target for antiviral therapies

A collaborative study from UT Southwestern scientists has identified a new function for a protein called TAO2 that appears to be key to inhibiting replication of the influenza virus, which sickens millions of...

22 June, 2022

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Women more likely to have long COVID, different symptom profile

Women are significantly more likely than men to experience long COVID, with symptoms that follow a distinct clinical pattern, researchers reported. They said more efforts are needed to explore sex differences in...

22 June, 2022

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Understanding poor vaccine responses in individuals with weakened immune systems

When the COVID-19 vaccine first became available, people eagerly signed up for coveted slots to boost their antibodies against the virus that shut down much of the world. But not everyone who rolled up their sleeve...

17 June, 2022

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Emory participating in trial to test mRNA HIV vaccine in humans

Emory University is participating in a Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the use of messenger RNA (mRNA) technology in HIV vaccines for the first time in humans. The trial, IAVI G002, was launched earlier this year by...

17 June, 2022

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Going all the way: Scientists prove inhaled vaccines offer better protection than nasal sprays

Inhaled aerosol vaccines provide far better protection and stronger immunity than nasal sprays, McMaster scientists who compared respiratory vaccine-delivery systems have confirmed. While nasal sprays reach primarily...

15 June, 2022

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Monkeypox DNA hints virus has been spreading in people for years

Genome sequencing confirms that monkeypox cases outside Africa are all related and suggests the virus responsible may have been circulating in people since 2017 Rather than jumping to humans from animals recently, the...

13 June, 2022

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Respiratory virus ‘kills 100,000 children under five’

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is common cause of infections such as pneumonia. Most cases and deaths in young children occur in lower-income countries. Passive immunisation campaign urged for babies under six months...

10 June, 2022

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As monkeypox threat grows, scientists debate best vaccine strategy

Favored shot is a seemingly safer smallpox vaccine, but efficacy remains unclear In 1959, German microbiologist Anton Mayr took a strain of vaccinia, a poxvirus used to inoculate against smallpox, and started to grow it...

9 June, 2022

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Legionellosis Outbreak in New York City

The number of Legionnaires’ disease cases has increased from 19 to 24, and the death toll has risen from 1 to 2, the New York City health department said on June 1st, 2022. Four people are currently hospitalized...

8 June, 2022

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