10 things to know about the updated COVID vaccines

Experts have answers for you on the updated COVID vaccines, including when to get the jab, which variants they should work against, and more.

Kathy Katella-Yale • futurity
Oct. 6, 2023 ~11 min

New clues shed light on long COVID mysteries

New research provides important clues that may help in developing new diagnostics and therapies for long COVID.

Bill Hathaway-Yale • futurity
Oct. 3, 2023 ~4 min


Could COVID drug spawn super virus?

Some worry a treatment that kills SARS-CoV-2 by helping it mutate could spawn a super virus. New research weighs in on its "evolutionary safety."

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Sept. 12, 2023 ~3 min

Drug blocks SARS-CoV-2 transmission in ferrets

When administered at a human effect size-equivalent dose, molnupiravir efficiently blocked transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets.

LaTina Emerson-Georgia State • futurity
Sept. 12, 2023 ~5 min

Material kills viruses with heat but stays cool to the touch

A new fabric packs a deadly heat to kill viruses but without burning skin. It could change the way we make and use PPE, researchers say.

Silvia Cernea Clark-Rice • futurity
Sept. 12, 2023 ~6 min

How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19? 4 questions answered

Researchers still don’t know how well BA.2.86 will evade immunity or whether it will cause more severe disease than its predecessors.

Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Professor and Department Chair of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Sept. 12, 2023 ~8 min

Why some green turtles develop tumors

New research clarifies why some endangered green turtles in Brazil develop a tumor disease associated with a herpesvirus.

Kat Kerlin-UC Davis • futurity
Sept. 7, 2023 ~7 min

Are infections in animals key to COVID’s trajectory?

Researchers have begun tracking the rates of inter-species COVID transmission in hopes to gain insight into ongoing trajectory of the virus.

Claire Loewen-McGill • futurity
Sept. 5, 2023 ~5 min


Why you shouldn’t let your guard down when it comes to COVID

We all want to move on from COVID-19. But it's not so simple, says Angela Branche, an infectious disease expert.

Elizabeth Beach-U. Rochester • futurity
Sept. 1, 2023 ~6 min

AI platform could improve hospital triage in future viral outbreaks

A new AI-powered triage platform can predict patient disease severity and length of hospitalization during a viral outbreak, researchers say.

Yale • futurity
Aug. 31, 2023 ~8 min

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