These Vaccines Will Take Aim at Covid—and Its Entire SARS Lineage
Scientists are developing vaccines to target the virus family that spawned Covid-19. Their efforts could thwart future variants, or even new related viruses. ..
Scientists are developing vaccines to target the virus family that spawned Covid-19. Their efforts could thwart future variants, or even new related viruses. ..
The strategy, which involves inoculating an infected person’s closest contacts, helped beat smallpox. But it requires good contact tracing and enough ..
Updating the shots to adapt to rapidly changing variants is easier said than done, even with new mRNA technology. ..
Scientists are getting closer to understanding the neurology behind the memory problems and cognitive fuzziness that an infection can trigger. ..
Testing, vaccinating, and contact tracing can control the virus in Europe and North America—unless complacency allows it to take hold. ..
A repeat encounter with Covid used to be a rarity. But now that Omicron has changed the game, expect reinfections to be the new normal. ..
Here’s how to recognize monkeypox’s symptoms, how to prevent and treat the disease, and what to do if you think you’ve been exposed to it. ..
Initial genomic sequencing suggests the virus hasn’t mutated to become more transmissible. So what explains its unprecedented rise across the world? ..
Two new studies found genetic mutations that cause severe immune deficiencies are common in some remote populations, leaving them highly vulnerable to viruses. ..
Young children across the world are inexplicably coming down with the liver illness, putting parents and doctors on alert. ..