Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers develop quicker, more accurate COVID test
University of Sheffield scientists and Yorkshire company Paraytec have developed a more accurate, efficient and low cost COVID-19 test.
Dec 1, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Origami' diagnostic test could help hepatitis C treatment
A new test for hepatitis C which uses origami-style folded paper to deliver fast, accurate and affordable diagnoses could help the global fight against the deadly virus.
Nov 30, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EXPLAINER: What we know and don't know on new COVID variant
South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus that they say is behind a recent spike in COVID-19 infections in Gauteng, the country's most populous province.
Nov 29, 2021
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Auckland lockdown to end as New Zealand tries new virus tack
Bars, restaurants and gyms can reopen in Auckland from early December but customers will be required to show proof they've been fully vaccinated, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday.
Nov 22, 2021
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What next for COVID after five million deaths?
With the world poised to hit more than five million people officially dead from the coronavirus, experts tell AFP the pandemic's future path will depend greatly on vaccinations.
Nov 1, 2021
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Tonga reports its first COVID-19 case from plane traveler
The island nation of Tonga on Friday reported its first-ever case of COVID-19 after a traveler from New Zealand tested positive.
Oct 29, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
A page from the COVID therapy playbook: Unleashing a flood of neutralizing antibodies against HIV
For more than 40 years a goal that too often has proved elusive is a pharmaceutical defeat of the human immunodeficiency virus—HIV. And the thrust in recent years has emphasized bringing newer, stealthier weapons to the ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Emerging infectious disease caused by a tick-borne nairovirus identified in Japan
A previously unknown virus that can infect humans and cause disease has been identified by scientists in Japan. The novel infectious virus, named Yezo virus, is transmitted by tick bites and causes a disease characterized ...
Oct 4, 2021
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Unique international 'zoom' collaboration to develop treatments for COVID-19
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global COVID-19 pandemic and the UK announced a strict national lockdown. When Oxford University scientists were sent home they switched on their computers and started ...
Sep 17, 2021
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Massive numbers of new COVID-19 infections, not vaccines, are the main driver of new coronavirus variants
The rise of coronavirus variants has highlighted the huge influence evolutionary biology has on daily life. But how mutations, random chance and natural selection produce variants is a complicated process, and there has been ...
Sep 9, 2021
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