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Trying to Stop Long COVID Before It Even Starts

January 19, 2023 · Health

Three years into the global fight against SARS-CoV-2, the arsenal to combat long COVID remains depressingly bare. Being vaccinated seems to reduce people’s chances of developing the condition,…

The Fatal Error of an Ancient, HIV-Like Virus

September 21, 2022 · Health

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 stuck. Trapped in a cage…