Nian Sun, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern, has spent years perfecting a device that he believes could change the way diseases are detected.
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A new study suggests that COVID-19 may slightly increase the risk of lung cancer by triggering a biological chain reaction in the lungs, driven by the virus's spike protein, that promotes inflammation, scarring, and tumor-friendly ...
Apr 10, 2026
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Researchers from University of Tsukuba and Institute of Science Tokyo have identified nonrandom patterns in the emergence of spike D614 reversions in publicly available SARS-CoV-2 genomic data. Analysis of publicly available ...
Apr 4, 2026
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The Global Virus Network (GVN) is monitoring the SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2, sometimes informally referred to in media reports as the "cicada" variant, and emphasizes that current evidence does not indicate cause for alarm ...
Apr 3, 2026
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A new COVID-19 variant that some have dubbed the "Cicada" variant is quietly spreading across the globe, carrying an unusually high number of mutations that could help it slip past existing immunity, public health experts ...
Mar 30, 2026
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New research shows that after the body's defenses kill the virus behind COVID-19, leftover digested chunks of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can target specific immune cells based on their shape. The revelations could explain why ...
Jan 27, 2026
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Despite an uptick in recent cases, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths is just about at new lows, according to the most recent data.
Aug 4, 2025
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Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute and the University of Chicago have uncovered a mechanism that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, uses to protect itself inside the body as it works to replicate ...
Jun 5, 2025
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As we enter the colder months in Australia, COVID is making headlines again, this time due to the emergence of a new variant: NB.1.8.1.
May 28, 2025
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Viral infectious diseases pose significant challenges due to the rapid evolution of viruses through mutations. This was particularly evident during the COVID-19 pandemic, when emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 sparked new waves ...
May 21, 2025
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