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Aug 22, 2024 · The medical, social, and economic burden caused by COVID-19 and the evolution and emergence of new variants has highlighted the urgent need for next-generation vaccines with increased breadth...
Dec 23, 2021 · COVID-19: the next phase and beyond. After living for more than 2 years with COVID-19—with over 6·2 million confirmed deaths (but probably many more, with an estimated 20 million excess deaths) and over 510 million confirmed cases—the world is at a critical point.
- Here, There and Everywhere
- Virus Family Trees
- World Changers
All viruses have two things in common: each encases its genome in a protein-based shell, and each relies on its host — be it a person, spider or plant — to reproduce itself. But beyond that general pattern lie endless variations. There are minuscule circoviruses with only two or three genes, and massive mimiviruses that are bigger than some bacteri...
The James Bond of ocean viruses lacks an official Latin species name, and so do most of the thousands of viral genomes discovered by metagenomics over the past decade. Those sequences presented the ICTV with a dilemma: is a genome enough to name a virus? Until 2016, proposing a new virus or taxonomic group to the ICTV required scientists to have th...
With the total mass of viruses on Earth equivalent to that of 75 million blue whales, scientists are certain they make a difference to food webs, ecosystems and even the planet’s atmosphere. The accelerating discovery of new viruses “has revealed a watershed of new ways viruses directly impact ecosystems”, says Matthew Sullivan, an environmental vi...
- Amber Dance
- 2021
Discover more about the effect Covid-19 is having on the natural world: Will Covid-19 have a lasting effect on the environment? Did coronavirus help the environment heal?
Jul 9, 2021 · Reuters. There is a "strong association" between the early outbreak and the sale of live animals in a market, scientists say. By Victoria Gill. Science correspondent, BBC News. Amid the misery of a...
Jun 7, 2023 · It is worth examining the efforts to discover the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the political obstacles, and what the evidence tells us. This evidence can help clarify the virus’s evolutionary path...
Sep 14, 2022 · The Lancet COVID-19 Commission was established in July, 2020, with four main themes: developing recommendations on how to best suppress the epidemic; addressing the humanitarian crises arising from the pandemic; addressing the financial and economic crises resulting from the pandemic; and rebuilding an inclusive, fair, and sustainable world. 1 ...
