What is metabolism? A biochemist explains how different people convert energy differently − and why that matters for your health

An elite athlete’s metabolism mostly looks different from a patient with COVID-19 − but their occasional similarities can reveal important insights into health and disease.

Travis Nemkov, Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
April 4, 2024 ~9 min

Tuskegee history shaped Black Americans’ COVID vax hesitancy

Memories of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study may have affected the willingness of Black Americans in the South to get the COVID vaccine.

Lauren Baggett-U. Georgia • futurity
April 3, 2024 ~6 min


How animal behavior changed during COVID

During COVID-19 lockdowns, animal behavior changed in different ways depending on where the animals lived and what they ate.

NC State • futurity
March 29, 2024 ~6 min

Pandemic took a toll on undocumented immigrants’ mental health

Undocumented immigrants faced unique mental health challenges during COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study.

Amy McCaig-Rice University • futurity
March 28, 2024 ~4 min

Nanoparticles could fight multiple strains of COVID virus

Particles that gum up the keys that the virus uses to enter cells could one day be an effective COVID treatment, researchers say.

U. Michigan • futurity
March 25, 2024 ~6 min

COVID-19 vaccines: CDC says people ages 65 and up should get a shot this spring – a geriatrician explains why it’s vitally important

As you get older, you’re at higher risk of severe infection and your immunity declines faster after vaccination.

Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Virginia • conversation
March 14, 2024 ~6 min

The pandemic changed people’s personality traits

New research digs into how the COVID-19 pandemic changed people's personality traits—and not always in the ways you might expect.

Leah Shaffer - Washington University in St. Louis • futurity
March 12, 2024 ~5 min

MIT scientists use a new type of nanoparticle to make vaccines more powerful

Study shows metal-organic particles can both deliver vaccines and act as an adjuvant to generate a strong immune response at a lower dose.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
March 6, 2024 ~6 min


Low iron levels resulting from infection could be key trigger of long COVID

Problems with iron levels in the blood and the body’s ability to regulate this important nutrient as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection could be a key trigger

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 4, 2024 ~7 min

COVID-19 rapid tests still work against new variants – researchers keep ‘testing the tests,’ and they pass

Research shows that rapid antigen tests are performing as well at detecting the most recent dominant variants as they did with the earliest strains in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Apurv Soni, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School • conversation
March 1, 2024 ~7 min

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