The ‘pleasure of choice’ could lower vaccine hesitancy

Offering a choice when it comes to vaccines could convince more people to get them. But it's no magic bullet, experts say.

U. Oregon • futurity
April 15, 2024 ~8 min

New COVID detection technique is faster and more accurate

Researchers have developed a faster, more accurate detection technique to test for COVID-19.

Alan Flurry-U. Georgia • futurity
April 5, 2024 ~4 min


Better school air quality may shield kids with disabilities from COVID

Good airflow and filtration in schools may help children with intellectual disabilities, a vulnerable population, avoid COVID infections.

Susanne Pallo-Rochester • futurity
April 5, 2024 ~6 min

Female mosquitoes rely on one another to choose the best breeding sites − and with the arrival of spring, they’re already on the hunt

Female mosquitoes don’t want to lay their eggs alone, but they don’t want sites that are too crowded either. Understanding what guides their choice could inform new control strategies.

Matthew DeGennaro, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida International University • conversation
March 19, 2024 ~8 min

Bird Flu Spread Increasing, Killing South American Wildlife

VOA Learning English • voa
March 17, 2024 ~6 min

Heart infections pose risks even before inflammation

New research suggests completely new directions to diagnose and treat viral infections affecting the heart.

John Pastor - Virginia Tech • futurity
March 12, 2024 ~5 min

The next pandemic? It’s already here for Earth’s wildlife

Bird flu is decimating species already threatened by climate change and habitat loss.

Diana Bell, Professor of Conservation Biology, University of East Anglia • conversation
March 11, 2024 ~7 min

Can the Zika vaccine fight brain cancer?

New research potentially offers a new treatment alternative for brain cancer patients who currently have a poor prognosis.

Duke-NUS • futurity
March 11, 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

Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores

Two new high-profile studies add to the increasingly worrisome picture of how even mild cases of COVID-19 can have detrimental effects on brain health.

Ziyad Al-Aly, Chief of Research and Development, VA St. Louis Health Care System. Clinical Epidemiologist, Washington University in St. Louis • conversation
Feb. 28, 2024 ~9 min

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