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Looking for a pill to cure COVID

Prevention is better than cure – but when it comes to COVID, what happens when people can’t get the vaccine, don’t want it, or they’re immune suppressed and it fails to stop infection? The hunt is on...

31 May, 2021

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Metabolic hormone ‘leptin’ linked to vaccine response

Reduced levels of a metabolic hormone known as leptin is linked to poor vaccine antibody responses in the general population, a University of Queensland study has found. The researchers made the discovery while...

25 May, 2021

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Insect and animal invasions can teach us about COVID-19

Invasions by alien insect and animal species have much in common with outbreaks of infectious diseases and could tell us a great deal about how pandemics spread, according to a research paper published. Biological...

21 May, 2021

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What chikungunya teaches us about COVID-19

Since December, 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has generated huge challenges, numerous breakthroughs in research and care, and innovations in public health. A year after its emergence, the world is discovering that late...

21 May, 2021

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New model for infectious disease could better predict future pandemics

In the midst of a devastating global pandemic of wildlife origin and with future spillovers imminent as humans continue to come into closer contact with wildlife, infectious-disease models that consider the full...

21 May, 2021

5 min read

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A vaccine developed at Duke could help prevent future pandemics

Duke University researchers developed a vaccine tested in monkeys that could prevent future pandemics caused by coronaviruses similar to those that led to the COVID-19 pandemic and the SARS outbreak. “Now is the time to...

18 May, 2021

3 min read

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How plankton hold secrets to preventing pandemics

Whether it’s plankton exposed to parasites or people exposed to pathogens, a host’s initial immune response plays an integral role in determining whether infection occurs and to what degree it spreads within...

17 May, 2021

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New ebolavirus vaccine design seeks to drive stronger antibody defense

Scientists at Scripps Research have unveiled a new Ebola virus vaccine design, which they say has several advantages over standard vaccine approaches for Ebola and related viruses that continue to threaten global health...

14 May, 2021

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We need herd immunity against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines can negatively impact public confidence in immunisation uptake, a new UNSW Sydney study, published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, revealed: e.g., over 103 million people...

14 May, 2021

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U.S. will back proposal to waive intellectual property rights and boost Covid-19 vaccine production

In a significant move to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. government agreed to support a controversial proposal to temporarily waive intellectual property rights for vaccines in a bid to increase global supplies...

7 May, 2021

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