by University of California, San Francisco Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the illness has ended, according to new research from UC San Francisco that offers potential clues to why some people develop long COVID. The scientists...
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A man died from Alaskapox last month. Here’s what we know about the virus
By Joe Hernandez In January, a man living on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula died of Alaskapox. Pictured is Bear Glacier in the Kenai Fjords National Park on Sept. 1, 2015, in Seward, Alaska. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesAlaska health officials reported last week that a man died in January after contracting a virus known as Alaskapox....
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DNA particles that mimic viruses hold promise as vaccines
Using a DNA-based scaffold carrying viral proteins, researchers created a vaccine that provokes a strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2Peer-Reviewed Publication MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Using a virus-like delivery particle made from DNA, researchers from MIT and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard have created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response...
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A Virus That Kills Sleepers
ETH Zurich researchers have found a virus that kills dormant bacteria. This rare discovery could help to combat germs that can’t be treated with antibiotics alone. The paride phage (purple) is one of the few phages to attack dormant bacteria. Image credit: Fabienne Estermann & Enea Maffei / ETH Zurich In nature, most bacteria live...
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Why are measles cases popping up across the United States? Here’s what to know about the highly contagious virus
By Amanda Musa and Carma Hassan, CNN About 92% of US children have been vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella by age 2, according to the CDC – below the federal target of 95%.George Frey/Getty ImagesCNNNearly a dozen cases of measles have been reported in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Georgia in recent weeks, according to local...
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Smoking Gun’: Study Reveals How Virus May Trigger Multiple Sclerosis
By CLARE WATSON koto_feja/Getty Images) Epstein-Barr virus, a common virus that infects most people at some point in their lives, has long been suspected as a trigger of multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease affecting around 36 people in every 100,000 worldwide. But exactly how this virus trips the immune system into attacking the body’s own...
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Scientists uncover new way viruses fight back against bacteria
Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO A microscopic discovery will not only enable scientists to understand the microbial world around us but could also provide a new way to control CRISPR-Cas biotechnologies. An international team of researchers led by Professor Peter Fineran from the University of Otago and Dr Rafael Pinilla-Redondo from the University of Copenhagen...
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Timing and cost of new vaccines vary by virus and health insurance status
Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLMAs summer edges toward fall, thoughts turn to, well, vaccines. Yes, inevitably, it’s time to think about the usual suspects — influenza and covid-19 shots — but also the new kid in town: recently approved vaccines for RSV, short for respiratory syncytial virus. But who should get the various vaccines, and...
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WHY THIS YEAR’S VIRUS SEASON COULD BE DIFFERENT
AUGUST 21ST, 2023POSTED BY JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Margaret LaRaviere gets an influenza vaccine during an event hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the Southwest Senior Center on September 09, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Epidemiologist David Dowdy says vaccines and a preventive drug for RSV offer hope for a healthier fall and winter...
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Vaccine-derived polio is undermining the fight to eradicate the virus
Wild polio has almost been eradicated, but vaccine-derived strains retain the potential to paralyse. Better vaccines have arrived — but they are only part of the answer. The nOPV2 polio vaccine has been administered to more than 650 million children across 30 countries.Credit: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty When smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980, there were hopes...