Researchers with Ohio State University have discovered 33 viruses that have been preserved for nearly 15,000 years in a glacier high atop the Tibetan Plateau, with 28 of these viruses not having been known to science before now. The ice cores that contained the viruses were obtained in 2015 fromread more
Should artificial self-spreading vaccines that confer mass immunity be released. Or is that a good idea? A group of scientists believe that it may be possible to use the self-spreading qualities of viruses to spread immunity instead of disease. If so, virus infections could be headed off before they evenread more
Lab-based research conducted on the most dominant strain of the coronavirus appears to indicate that this variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is more infectious than the version that first emerged in China late last year. Although this mutation doesn’t increase the severity of COVID-19’s symptoms, it has the potential toread more
By now, we’re all familiar with the common refrain: wash your hands, and frequently. 20 seconds of washing one’s hands with a good lather of soap, along with a healthy dose of social-distancing, has been touted as one of the most important tools in combating the spread of COVID-19, aread more