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Deer Are Beta-Testing a Nightmare Disease
[ad_1] Scott Napper, a biochemist and vaccinologist at the University of Saskatchewan, can easily envision humanity’s ultimate doomsday disease. The scourge would spread fast,…
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The Other Group of Viruses That Could Cause the Next Pandemic
[ad_1] Whether it begins next week, next year, or next decade, another pandemic is on its way. Researchers can’t predict precisely when or how…
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An Adorable Way to Study How Kids Get Each Other Sick
[ad_1] At the start of 2022, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus blazed across the United States, Seema Lakdawala was in Pittsburgh, finalizing…
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A Major Clue to COVID’s Origins Is Just Out of Reach
[ad_1] Updated at 2:45 p.m. on March 21, 2023 Last week, the ongoing debate about COVID-19’s origins acquired a new plot twist. A French…
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The Strongest Evidence Yet That an Animal Started the Pandemic
[ad_1] For three years now, the debate over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has ping-ponged between two big ideas: that SARS-CoV-2 spilled into…
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What Happened to Hand-Washing?
[ad_1] Way back in the early, whirlwind days of the pandemic, surfaces were the thing to worry about. The prevailing scientific wisdom was that…
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The Fatal Error of an Ancient, HIV-Like Virus
[ad_1] Many, many millions of years ago, an HIV-like virus wriggled its way into the genome of a floofy, bulgy-eyed lemur, and got permanently…
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A Simple Rule for Planning Your Fall Booster Shot
[ad_1] In less than two weeks, you could walk out of a pharmacy with a next-generation COVID booster in your arm. Just a few…