Russia’s COVID-19 cases hit another one-day record as the country struggles to contain a wave of infections and deaths that
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SARS-CoV-2 infections may trigger antibody responses against multiple virus proteins
All coronaviruses produce four primary structural proteins and multiple nonstructural proteins. However, the majority of antibody-based SARS-CoV-2 research has focused
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The original antigenic sin: How childhood infections could shape pandemics
A child’s first influenza infection shapes their immunity to future airborne flu viruses—including emerging pandemic strains. But not all flu
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At least 50% of COVID-19 infections come from people who aren’t showing symptoms: study
A new study out of the University of Chicago has found that during the initial wave of the COVID-19 outbreak
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Health care workers’ COVID-19 infections driven mainly by community exposure
In a well-resourced health system with adequate PPE (Personal Protection Equipment), health care worker risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection was more
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Commonly used antibiotic shows promise for combating Zika infections
In 2015, hundreds of children were born with brain deformities resulting from a global outbreak of Zika virus infections. Recently,
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Study suggests stay-at-home orders reduced COVID-19 infections and deaths
New research on the impact of COVID-19 suggests that, in the complete absence of stay-at-home orders, the United States could
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Concerns grow over rising COVID-19 infections in Germany
Germany’s government urged citizens Wednesday to keep their guard up and stick to public health guidelines, as new COVID-19 infections
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Global coronavirus infections top 300,000
Credit: CC0 Public Domain There are more than 300,000 declared cases of the new coronavirus around the world, according to
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Researchers decipher a new way that immune cells detect infections and cancers
Published today in Science, the research team from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), the Olivia
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