

An Easy Way To Understand Variants -- Using Puzzle Pieces
The world is very worried about coronavirus variants. As the virus mutates — which all viruses do — variant strains emerge. Some of...


South African Tick Bite Fever: An Overview
Abstract The rickettsiae are a diverse group of vector-borne zoonotic bacterial pathogens. The two common spotted fever diseases in...


Oxford Malaria vaccine proves highly effective in Burkina Faso trial
Vaccine developed by scientists at Jenner Institute, Oxford, shows up to 77% efficacy in trial over 12 months. A mother in Burkin a Faso,...


SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity and subsequent infection risk in healthy young adults
Summary Background Whether young adults who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 are at risk of subsequent infection is uncertain. We...


Surprising Nuggets From The WHO Report: Our Science Correspondent Digs In
When COVID-19 first broke out in Wuhan, scientists tracked a large number of the cases to the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan. Above: The...


April 2021 update to TIGER: The world economy stumbles toward a two-track recovery
Editor's Note: In collaboration with the Financial Times (FT), Eswar Prasad of Brookings and Aryan Khanna and Darren Chang of Cornell...


How the Sinopharm Vaccine Works
In early 2020, the Beijing Institute of Biological Products created an inactivated coronavirus vaccine called BBIBP-CorV. Clinical trials...


Can a Microbe Convert Greenhouse Gases to Commodity Products?
One of the reasons for the rapid changes in climatic conditions is an increase in the number of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere....


When will you get a vaccine?
In 18 years and 16 days on current rates, according to a new vaccine calculator. But the government’s vaccine czar says the schedule is...


Israeli real-world data on Pfizer vaccine shows high Covid protection
Jab has 97% efficacy against disease and death and 94% against infection without symptoms A health worker draws up a syringe and a...
