Fox News Flash top headlines for February 23 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. LONDON — By the middle of this year, all adults in Britain are due to be offered a Covid-19…
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Rotavirus is a common diarrheal disease that affects young children. Live oral rotavirus vaccines have been used to reduce its incidence in many countries. However, with the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and amid focus on vaccines…
Read MoreClimate change may have contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic
Thought LeadersDr. Robert BeyerMarie Curie Research FellowPostdam Institute for Climate Impact Research In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Robert Beyer about his latest research that discovered that climate change may have contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. What provoked your…
Read MoreStudy: Rise of several significant variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus
What: The rise of several significant variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has attracted the attention of health and science experts worldwide. In an editorial published in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, experts from the…
Read MoreS.D. governor gives state high marks in handling the pandemic. Are they deserved?
Covid-19 has pushed states to adopt unique approaches to protect their residents, but few have garnered as much scrutiny as South Dakota. Its governor, Kristi Noem, refused to enact a mask mandate or close any businesses. She argued these precautions…
Read MoreZinc supplementation bolsters repurposed antivirals against SARS-CoV-2
Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pathogen, serious efforts have been made to identify new or repurposable drugs that effectively inhibit or counteract the infection. A…
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Read MoreWhat are Viral Retroposons?
By Gillian D’Souza, MSc Retroposons are repetitive DNA fragments that are inserted into a host chromosome after reverse transcription from an RNA molecule. Credit: Katryna Kon/Shutterstock.com Retroposons that share structural similarities with retroviruses, such as the HIV virus, are called…
Read MoreVirulent Bacteriophages and the Lytic Cycle
Bacteriophages are a special type of virus that infect bacteria and have amazing structural and functional diversity. When a bacteriophage infects a bacterium, it can hijack the molecular machinery of the cell to make lots of progeny, and then burst,…
Read MoreHong Kong lifts first virus lockdown after mass testing
Hong Kong lifted its first neighbourhood coronavirus lockdown on Monday morning after testing some 7,000 people and finding just a handful of cases as debate swirled over the efficacy of the move. Over the weekend police moved in to seal…
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