A new study shows that the number of children in England with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions has continued to rise
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Comparing COVID-19 to pandemics of the Middle Ages
Following is a short question-and-answer piece with the University of Rhode Island Department of History’s Joëlle Rollo-Koster, professor of medieval
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High density EEG produces dynamic image of brain signal source
Marking a major milestone on the path to meeting the objectives of the NIH BRAIN initiative, research by Carnegie Mellon’s
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Without protections, watch out for unintended consequences of COVID-19 immunity tests
With people getting anxious about restarting the economy, efforts are focused on using antibody testing to develop an immunity certification
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New insight into how a genetic change increases the risk of schizophrenia
In the human genome, small sections of DNA have been found to be duplicated (copied) or deleted in a small
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Pandemics of the past and future: A conversation with Nobel-winning virologist
Though no two pandemics are the same, each one that occurs has lessons to teach us about the next one.
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Director of Wuhan lab denies virus link
The director of a maximum-security laboratory in China’s coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan has rejected claims that it could be
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Study of sewage finds link between different rates of sepsis in UK and presence of E. coli in the community
A study to be presented at European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) shows that rates of Escherichia
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The bodies of COVID-19 victims may be contagious, coroner’s case reveals
Even after death, COVID-19 could be contagious, a new report finds. A forensic practitioner working in Bangkok, Thailand, most likely
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Antiviral drug baloxavir reduces transmission of flu virus among ferrets
Baloxavir treatment reduced transmission of the flu virus from infected ferrets to healthy ferrets, suggesting that the antiviral drug could
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