Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
Preprint: Potential risk of BA.2.75 to global health is greater than that of BA.5
BA.2.75 spike exhibited a profound higher affinity to human ACE2 than BA.2 and BA.5 spikes. More...
India: BA.2.75 Centaurus takes off in Dehli, masks mandatory again
In Delhi, India, 2146 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the last 24 hours. More...
USA: Polio in New York City wastewater
Sewage samples in New York City provided to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified presence of polioviruses indicating a risk of community transmission. More...
Huge leap forward in our understanding of Long COVID
In a stunning preprint out yesterday, Prof. Akiko Iwasaki, along with a large team of scientists, has put together compelling evidence to show how Long COVID can be easily diagnosed, making early treatment options a real possibility. More...
Research: Monkeypox spread by flies
“We identify the circulation of at least two distinct monkeypox virus lineages and document the shedding of infectious particles in faeces and flies, suggesting that they could mediate indirect transmission”. More...
Lassa Fever: 867 cases, 164 deaths in Nigeria
A total of 867 people have tested positive for Lassa fever in Nigeria in 2022, and there have been 164 deaths, according to the Nigerian CDC. More...
Monkeypox: Infected by a kiss on the cheek, unimaginable pain, then my DOGS got lesions..
David Watson from California giving evidence on his recent experience with monkeypox – he caught it by kissing a friend on the cheek – his husband then became infected – then his TWO DOGS started showing lesions. More...
America finally starts asking the right questions about the origins of SARS-CoV-2
There were extraordinary scenes at a senate committee hearing last week as Senator Rand Paul forensically cross-examined scientists about the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and the gain-of-function experiments that may have caused it. More...
Polio: Almost 1 million children in London to be offered polio vaccine
Every child in London aged between 1 and 9 is to be offered a polio vaccine after poliovirus was found in wastewater across the city. More...
Spain: Two child deaths from acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology
Spain has reported its first two deaths from acute hepatitis, or liver inflammation, among children. More...