epidemiology
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6 Mysterious Disease Outbreaks That Were Never Solved
As the past year has painfully made clear, infectious diseases remain one of humanity’s greatest perils. It only took weeks for scientists to identify the cause of our ongoing pandemic — a previously unknown species of coronavirus — but there have been plenty of outbreaks, past and present, whose true cause isn’t so obvious. Here…
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Antarctica Got the ‘Rona
The virus responsible for covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, has now reached all seven continents on Earth, with Antarctica reporting its first batch of cases.
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Fauci And Other Experts Outline Covid-19 Vaccine Strategy
Scientists around the world are scrambling to develop a covid-19 vaccine. A newly proposed strategy could dramatically improve this currently disjointed process, allowing for the accelerated development of multiple vaccines at once.
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Scientists Create Atomic-Level Image Of The New Coronavirus’ Potential Achilles Heel
Scientists studying the new coronavirus that has infected tens of thousands of people in China have published an atomic-resolution image of the protein that the virus uses to gain access to cells. This feat, which was accomplished using a Nobel Prize-winning method, could aid in the development of treatments or vaccines.