| 单词 | virologist |
| 例句 | Another C.D.C. doctor who worked on the unknown virus was Frederick A. Murphy, a virologist who had helped to identify Marburg virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1960s and 1970s Francis L. Black, a virologist at Yale, conducted safety and efficacy tests among South American Indians of a new, improved measles vaccine. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As HeLa grew like crabgrass in laboratories around the world, a virologist named Chester Southam had a frightening thought: What if Henrietta’s cancer cells could infect the scientists working on them? The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He talks to virologists, doctors, field biologists and survivors about how the animal-to-human infection came to pass. Books of The Times: ‘Spillover,’ by David Quammen, on How Animals Infect Humans 2012-10-02T22:11:49Z But public confusion about the coronavirus and surfaces is understandable, said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Stop wiping down groceries and focus on bigger risks, say experts on coronavirus transmission 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z His application for the job was backed by a recommendation from a senior virologist who regarded his work as “reliable, trustworthy and original”. Germ warfare: the battle for the key to modern vaccines 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z A growing number of experts — medical doctors and virologists among them — say that a homemade mask, even a bandanna, might provide protection from both transmitting and getting the coronavirus. Which DIY mask pattern should you use? Even experts can’t pick one to recommend. 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z “My first day at work was playing alone,” said Mr. Almond, who as it happens is also a virologist researching the pandemic at the University of California, San Francisco. The San Francisco Symphony Plunges Into a New World 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z “Masks should not be a false assurance,” said Don Milton, a virologist at the University of Maryland who studies how viruses are spread. Which DIY mask pattern should you use? Even experts can’t pick one to recommend. 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z You’d be hard-pressed to find people who believe its lead actor, Will Smith, to be an actual virologist for the U.S. No, COVID has nothing to do with zombie vampires, but misinformation about ‘I Am Legend’ is swirling 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Then there’s her turn as a leading virologist tasked with curing the infected in fantasy thriller Patient Zero in the autumn, opposite Matt Smith and Stanley Tucci. Natalie Dormer: ‘Female empowerment shouldn’t be only about sexuality' 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z To learn about the latest advances as well as obstacles, Scientific American spoke to Thomas Geisbert, a virologist in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Is an Ebola vaccine on the horizon? 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The reported fatality rate in West Africa is about 70 percent, but Dr. Ben Neuman, a widely published virologist at the University of Reading in England, said that may change. Tourists Urged to Avoid Ebola Zone in West Africa 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Cancel unless you have an emergency, said Paula Cannon, a virologist and professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. How homeowners should handle plumbing, housecleaning and other services during a pandemic 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Jonathan Ball, a molecular virologist at the University of Nottingham, said that a single jab that gave even a few weeks of protection could help to contain an Ebola outbreak. Hopes raised as Ebola vaccine protects monkeys for 10 months 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Blood samples were dispatched to France on an overnight flight and on March 21, a team of virologists in Lyon identified the killer: Zaire Ebola. The Deadliness of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Was Not Inevitable 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Biologists, virologists and engineers are just some of the modern-day scientists who become “enemies of the people” by trying to save them. Review: In ‘Enemy of the People,’ Water and Democracy Are Poisoned 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Margaret Hosie, a virologist at the University of Glasgow and president of the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases, says it’s exciting to see virological data emerging from the Cypriot population. New feline coronavirus blamed for thousands of cat deaths in Cyprus 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z And yet, “Day” is not really about the pandemic at all, and its first section, set long before anyone besides virologists had ever uttered the word “coronavirus,” is by far its strongest. If you can stomach only one COVID closure novel, make it Michael Cunningham's 'Day' 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z That breakthrough was largely the work of Dr. Jonas Salk, the American virologist who developed one of the first polio vaccines. Jonas Salk, the man who cured polio, would have been baffled by modern anti-vaxxers, experts say 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z “This study confirms things we already suspected but gives us a more solid evidence base to show what’s going on,” says virologist Daniel Bausch, president of the ASTMH, who was not involved in the work. A Nasty Tropical Skin Disease Is Now Endemic in the U.S. 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z “What this showed is a proof of concept,” says Wendy Barclay, a virologist at Imperial College London who worked on the new study. In ‘proof of concept,’ CRISPR-engineered chickens shrug off flu 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The composition of a given community of species thus has a direct effect on the prevalence of viruses: "If one host species is very abundant, it is easier for viruses to spread," the virologist notes. Decreasing biodiversity may promote spread of viruses 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Life persists in the deep and cold darkness, and "wherever there's life, you can bet there are regulators at work," said marine virologist Min Wang, Ph.D, at the Ocean University of China, in Qingdao. A newly identified virus emerges from the deep 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Some bills would also ban funding for the EcoHealth Alliance, a U.S. nonprofit that partnered with virologists in Wuhan. As shutdown looms, will U.S. Congress cut spending and restrict research? 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z “There’s a little bit of déjà vu all over again,” says Adam Lauring, a virologist and infectious-disease physician at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, whose lab identified one person infected with BA.2.86. Why a Highly Mutated Coronavirus Variant Has Scientists on Alert 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Among those experts, he cited Michael Worobey, an evolutionary virologist at the University of Arizona. The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Collison and Cowen worried that the National Institutes of Health wasn’t moving quickly enough, so they launched Fast Grants to get emergency research dollars to virologists, coronavirus experts, and other scientists rapidly. Quick grants from tech billionaires aim to speed up science research. But not all scientists approve 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z “Jewish or Chinese protease consensus sequences are not a thing in biochemistry, but they are in racism and antisemitism,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Covid Remarks Raise Questions of Antisemitism 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z The first examinations of its structure revealed several features unfamiliar to virologists. Column: House Republicans give a crash course in how to concoct a conspiracy theory about COVID's origin 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z He was reported to be hostile to Belgian state officials and to a leading virologist. Alexander De Croo video threat leads to arrest of Belgium ex-soldier 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z There is no evidence for a lab leak; indeed, experienced virologists find the claims that WIV could produce the SARS-Cov-2 virus in the lab to be implausible to the point of sheer fantasy. Column: U.S. government debunks COVID lab-leak conspiracy theory, enraging conspiracy theorists 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Serious virologists tried posting accurate information to combat the misconceptions, to little avail. Column: Sorry, Joe Rogan: Scientists should never 'debate' anti-vaccine quacks. Here's why 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Dr. zur Hausen won the Nobel two years later, sharing the prize with the two French virologists who had discovered H.I.V. Harald zur Hausen, Nobelist Who Found Cause of Cervical Cancer, Dies at 87 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The unfamiliar features turned out to be more common in nature than many virologists had known, and the process by which they might become incorporated in SARS-CoV-2 progressively better understood. Column: House Republicans give a crash course in how to concoct a conspiracy theory about COVID's origin 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z “When they get in, they’re not subtle,” said Washington State University molecular virologist Michael Letko, who has studied how members of the coronavirus family adapt to new hosts. The coronavirus has made itself at home in animals. Why that ramps up the risk for people 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z In 1970, Gilot married Jonas Salk, the American virologist and researcher famed for his work with the polio vaccine, and began living between California and Paris, and later New York. Artist Françoise Gilot, acclaimed painter who loved and later left Picasso, is dead at 101 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z It remains to be seen whether these findings will hold up in the brains of animals infected with SARS-CoV-2, however, much less humans, says Olivier Schwartz, a virologist at the Pasteur Institute. Could fused neurons explain COVID-19’s ‘brain fog’? 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z In 1970, Gilot married Jonas Salk, the American virologist and researcher famed for his work with the polio vaccine, and began living between San Diego and Paris, and later New York. Françoise Gilot, French painter who inspired then left Picasso, dead at 101 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z A world-leading virologist and immunologist, Prof Gao is now vice-president of the National Natural Science Foundation of China after retiring from the CDC last year. Covid: Top Chinese scientist says don’t rule out lab leak 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z “There are new approaches that present a much more challenging task for the virus to evade,” says Paul Bieniasz, a virologist at Rockefeller University. The COVID-19 virus mutated to outsmart key antibody treatments. Better ones are coming 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z “Wastewater has to get better,” said David O’Connor, a virologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As Covid Emergency Ends, Surveillance Shifts to the Sewers 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z “Its method of producing disease is basically different from that of all other viruses,” Dr. Diener said at an international meeting of virologists in 1972. Theodor Diener, Who Discovered the Tiniest of Infectious Agents, Dies at 102 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Other virologists agree the revised grant will still yield valuable insights. NIH restarts bat virus grant suspended 3 years ago by Trump 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Most virologists believe that the virus emerged from an animal at a market in Wuhan. W.H.O. Dismisses Covid Origins Investigator for Sexual Misconduct 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Cornell University animal virologist Colin Parrish, who was not involved in the study, says he would “certainly advocate” for that. Dogs Can Carry Mutant Flu Strains 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z For instance, since 2021, Marc Johnson, a virologist at the University of Missouri, and his colleagues have found dozens of unusual variants in wastewater samples across the United States. As Covid Emergency Ends, Surveillance Shifts to the Sewers 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z “There’s evidence out there that suggests it might be happening, but it’s far from conclusive,” says Richard Webby, a virologist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee. This Cow and Pig Influenza Virus Could Infect Humans: What We Know So Far 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Several virologists say their data stream has been interrupted without an explanation, in apparent retaliation for even mild criticism of GISAID. The ‘invented persona’ behind a key pandemic database 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z “My worry is the maintenance and the costs,” Oyewale Tomori, a virologist and former president of the Nigerian Academy of Science, said in an interview from Lagos. Research with exotic viruses risks a deadly outbreak, scientists warn A good place to start would be kennels and similar places where viruses can easily spread and evolve, says University of Nottingham virologist Janet Daly, who was also not involved in the new study. Dogs Can Carry Mutant Flu Strains 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z That feat prompted restrictions on such “gain of function” experiments, which has hampered research, says Mathilde Richard, a virologist at Erasmus Medical Center, where some of that work was done. From bad to worse: How avian flu must change to trigger a human pandemic 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Many virologists said that scenario was consistent with one in which the virus spilled into people from an illegally traded wild animal at the market. China Publishes Data Showing Raccoon Dog DNA at Wuhan Market 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Holmes says he then called virologist Andrew Rambaut of the University of Edinburgh, who runs virological.org. Dispute simmers over who first shared SARS-CoV-2’s genome 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z But he said that tighter controls may prompt some virologists to move experiments to less-regulated labs overseas. Research with exotic viruses risks a deadly outbreak, scientists warn His boss, renowned virologist Robert Gallo, told Science a prominent colleague once called Lu “the most gifted protein chemist in America,” and Gallo says Lu was a valued member of his management team. Pall of suspicion: NIH’s secretive ‘China initiative’ has destroyed scores of academic careers 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z “That PB2 was so good that it has stuck in every human influenza virus until the 2009 swine flu pandemic,” says Imperial College London virologist Tom Peacock. From bad to worse: How avian flu must change to trigger a human pandemic 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z “This isn’t an infected animal,” said Joel Wertheim, a virologist at the University of California, San Diego and a co-author of the report, referring to the new genetic data. Report of Wuhan Market Samples Found Covid and Animal Mixtures 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The studies, published in Science, persuaded many virologists that the notoriously risky wild animal trade had, as on previous occasions in China, ignited a deadly outbreak. Lab Leak or Not? How Politics Shaped the Battle Over Covid’s Origin 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z “I very much wish their paper had come out before news of our analysis broke,” said Michael Worobey, a University of Arizona evolutionary virologist who took part in the new analysis. Genetic data links raccoon dogs to covid origin; WHO seeks China cooperation 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “Scientifically, it doesn’t prove that raccoon dogs were the source, but it sure smells like infected raccoon dogs were at the market,” said Jeremy Kamil, a virologist at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport. W.H.O. Accuses China of Withholding Data on Pandemic’s Origins 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “This clade … is most of all and more than all previous clades an avian virus,” says virologist Martin Beer of the Friedrich Loeffler Institute. From bad to worse: How avian flu must change to trigger a human pandemic 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z “The report does contain useful information,” Sergei Pond, a virologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, said. Report of Wuhan Market Samples Found Covid and Animal Mixtures 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The latest raccoon dog data, which virologists said added to compelling evidence for a market origin, created fresh pressure on China to share information that may link Covid’s origin to wild animals. Lab Leak or Not? How Politics Shaped the Battle Over Covid’s Origin 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Benjamin Neuman, a virologist at Texas A&M University who was not part of the new analysis, said the origin of the pandemic may remain forever murky. Genetic data links raccoon dogs to covid origin; WHO seeks China cooperation 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Depending on the stability of genetic material from the virus and the animals, said Michael Imperiale, a virologist at the University of Michigan, “they could have been deposited there at potentially widely different times.” W.H.O. Accuses China of Withholding Data on Pandemic’s Origins 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “There’s a good chance that the animals that deposited that DNA also deposited the virus,” said Stephen Goldstein, a virologist at the University of Utah who was involved in analyzing the data. New COVID origins data suggests pandemic linked to animals 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “You look at them and say those are probably infected animals,” Theodora Hatziioannou, a virologist at The Rockefeller University in New York who was not involved in the research, said of the latest findings. Report of Wuhan Market Samples Found Covid and Animal Mixtures 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Ahead of the hearing, they released a memorandum suggesting that Fauci “prompted” a group of virologists in March 2020 to publish a Correspondence article in Nature Medicine concluding that a lab-leak scenario was not plausible. Highly Politicized Congressional Hearings Air COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z “My only goal,” he wrote, “was to encourage the expert virologists to evaluate the origin of the Covid-19 virus by providing an objective and scientifically sound examination of the information available at the time.” Hearing on Covid’s Origins Promises Politics Mixed With Substance 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z "This is incredibly concerning," Tom Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London, told Science in January 2023. H5N1 is infecting millions of animals. If it crosses over to humans, it will be far worse than COVID 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z He even suggested that two of the nation’s top virologists knew this but “changed their tunes” because they were bribed with grant money by Anthony Fauci. Opinion | There ain’t no cure for long covidiocy 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The interest in manipulating the genetics of coronaviruses is not necessarily a sinister endeavor reserved for bioweapons makers: American and European virologists frequently experiment with dangerous viruses that can infect humans, and have for decades. The FBI changes its view on the lab leak theory. We asked scientists whether their views changed too 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z While researching for the upcoming podcast I'm making for the BBC about it, I've heard virologists question the motives and professionalism of colleagues with whom they disagree over two alternative possibilities. Bitter divisions hamper search for Covid origins 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The Chinese government has also pointed to research published by one of its leading virologists into samples collected from bats in a remote, abandoned mine. Covid origin: Why the Wuhan lab-leak theory is being taken seriously 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z What raised concern among virologists was a study published in January in the medical journal Eurosurveillance showing potential mammal-to-mammal transmission of the virus on a mink farm in Spain. Analysis: Why public health officials are not panicked about bird flu 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z “We are grappling with these scenarios and clinicians do not know what the best approach is at this time,” says Boghuma Titanji, a virologist at Emory University who was not involved with the study. Case studies expose deadly risk of mpox in people with untreated HIV 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Perhaps Anthony Fauci and a team of virologists patiently explaining to him the importance of vaccines? Perspective | Aaron Rodgers is going on a darkness retreat. So I did, too. 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z That “very ambitious” push “is definitely a welcome development,” especially given that it will give neglected infectious diseases special attention, says Diane Griffin, a virologist at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health. Japan moves to bolster vaccine R&D after COVID-19 exposed startling weakness 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Hisner raised his concerns with researchers on Twitter and ultimately teamed up with Thomas Peacock, a virologist from Imperial College London. Could a popular COVID-19 antiviral supercharge the pandemic? 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z “That’s the big question,” said Dr. Diego Diel, a virologist at Cornell University and an author of the study, which was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday. Deer Could Be a Reservoir of Old Coronavirus Variants, Study Suggests 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Many virologists worry the new reviews could delay work with relatively benign agents such as cold viruses, herpesviruses, and viruses modified to treat cancer. U.S. scientists brace for tighter scrutiny of potentially risky research 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Those concerns were echoed by 150 virologists, who in a commentary published on Thursday cautioned against hampering researchers with needless burdens. Expert Panel Votes for Stricter Rules on Risky Virus Research 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z “For the last 15 or 20 years, funding for infectious disease research has been getting lower and lower,” says Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a virologist at the University of Tokyo and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Japan moves to bolster vaccine R&D after COVID-19 exposed startling weakness 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The report comes as Washington is turning its attention to pathogen research that many virologists see as critical for defending against health threats but that critics worry poses its own dangers. N.I.H. Did Not Properly Track a Group Studying Coronaviruses, Report Finds 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The “bivalent was authorized awfully quickly,” says Columbia University virologist David Ho. What’s next for COVID-19 vaccines? Scientists and regulators chart a course amid uncertainty 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z “This is incredibly concerning,” says Tom Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London. ‘Incredibly concerning’: Bird flu outbreak at Spanish mink farm triggers pandemic fears 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z One board member, Mark Denison, a virologist at Vanderbilt University, who voted for the recommendations, said he nevertheless had reservations about their potential to constrain testing of new monoclonal antibody treatments for viral infections. Expert Panel Votes for Stricter Rules on Risky Virus Research 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The authors, which include Prof. David Robertson, a virologist at the University of Glasgow, detail the many ways in which the has virus mutated to evade our immunity, both from vaccines and recovering from sickness. COVID is spreading from humans to animals and back again 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Benjamin Neuman, a virologist at Texas A&M University, greeted the report skeptically, saying it contained “magical thinking” about the ability of researchers to gauge the pandemic potential of a pathogen. NIH biosecurity advisers urge tighter oversight of pathogen research 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z “We cannot make a judgment now, but it is obviously more reliable than the previous data saying there were only several deaths,” said Jin Dongyan, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong. China Reports Nearly 60,000 Covid Deaths Since Lifting Restrictions 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z XBB.1.5—unofficially nicknamed “Kraken” by some scientists online—is an Omicron subvariant that has caught the attention of virologists in recent weeks because of its significant advantage in how fast it spreads. Why COVID’s XBB.1.5 ‘Kraken’ Variant Is So Contagious 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Past research has suggested there may be limits in how many times monkeypox virus will spread from person to person, noted Stephen Morse, a Columbia University virologist. Mpox has faded in the US. Who deserves the credit? 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z But independent virologists said that their findings seemed plausible, and relied on the same techniques that have produced other, vetted results. ‘Zombie’ viruses are thawing in melting permafrost because of climate change 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Three years into the pandemic, the coronavirus continues to impress virologists with its swift evolution. Health Experts Warily Eye XBB.1.5, the Latest Omicron Subvariant 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z "We want to see a more realistic picture of what is actually going on," said Professor Marion Koopmans, a Dutch virologist who sits on the WHO committee. Leading WHO advisers call for 'realistic' COVID data from China at key meeting 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z “It surprises me a little bit; this is not hard to figure out,” said Dr. Davey Smith, a virologist and professor of medicine at the University of California at San Diego who frequently prescribes Paxlovid. Experts: U.S. vastly underusing Paxlovid, which could be saving more lives 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z It’s common for antigen tests to check for multiple things simultaneously, said Dr. Benjamin Neuman, chief virologist at Texas A&M’s Global Health Research Complex. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “In nature we have a big natural freezer, which is the Siberian permafrost,” said Paulo Verardi, a virologist who is the head of the Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science at the University of Connecticut. ‘Zombie’ viruses are thawing in melting permafrost because of climate change 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z “XBB literally picked up the most possible mutations that it could possibly pick up from those two parents,” said Thomas Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London. Health Experts Warily Eye XBB.1.5, the Latest Omicron Subvariant 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z While researchers and virologists said the new measures would most likely do little, if anything, to blunt the spread, the policies reflect the limited visibility into the outbreak. How Bad Is China’s Covid Outbreak? It’s a Scientific Guessing Game 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z At this point, however, there’s limited information about genetic viral sequencing coming out of China, said Jeremy Luban, a virologist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. China’s COVID-19 surge might spawn a new coronavirus mutant 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Many seniors in China might continue avoiding vaccination, and younger people might take the virus less seriously than they should, said Jin Dongyan, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong. As Cases Spread, China’s Low Covid Death Toll Convinces No One 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Many virologists say they are more worried by viruses that are currently circulating among humans than the risk of unusual ones from the permafrost. ‘Zombie’ viruses are thawing in melting permafrost because of climate change 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The procedure is in line with China’s earlier criteria for tallying deaths, which has generally been conservative since the start of the pandemic, said Jin Dongyan, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong. China’s low covid death count is being criticized as implausible 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Weiss, a former New York Times staffer who left the publication for alleged ideological intolerance, argued the virologist was targeted after he "argued that Covid lockdowns would harm children." Elon Musk meets with a doctor who was supposedly censored by Twitter 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z If infection from corpses accounted for a large number of cases, “we would have noticed, right?” said Vincent Munster, a virologist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The Coronavirus May Spread From Corpses, Scientists Report 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Projections from leading Chinese virologists suggest that 60 percent of the population could be infected over the winter. As infections rise, China stops counting asymptomatic cases 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z More problematic, many virologists say, are modern-day viruses that infect people and lead to diseases that are sometimes hard to control, such as Ebola, cholera, Dengue and even the ordinary flu. ‘Zombie’ viruses are thawing in melting permafrost because of climate change 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Since the early months of the pandemic, virologists have raised questions about China’s official mortality figures, challenging the way that the country’s hospitals classify Covid deaths. How Will China Fare With Covid? ‘Meaningless’ Data Clouds the Picture. 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z “That led to a firestorm of people saying it’s not safe for the elderly,” said Siddharth Sridhar, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong. ‘It Doesn’t Hurt at All’: In China’s New Covid Strategy, Vaccines Matter 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Jin Dongyan, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong, said that China needed to rapidly increase use of the Chinese vaccines that are available, while also importing mRNA vaccines for the inoculation campaign. Beijing Braces for Covid Surge After China Lifts Pandemic Curbs 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Even if China moves swiftly to boost its vulnerable populations, like older adults, it needs a few months for the protection to kick in, said Siddharth Sridhar, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong. What Has Changed About China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Policy 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z “The most important is to vaccinate the elderly in a short period of time,” said Jin Dongyan, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong. China Eases ‘Zero Covid’ Restrictions in Victory for Protesters 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Jin Dongyan, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong, said the developments — particularly Ms. Sun’s comments — were some of the strongest indications yet that China would alter its approach after years of intractability. After Mass Protests, China Appears to Back Away From Harsh Covid Rules 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “The evolution that’s happening is the fastest rate it has been up to this point,” Sergei Pond, a virologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, said. Happy Birthday, Omicron 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z So far, signs point to a much milder wave of covid cases this winter, according to epidemiologists and virologists who are monitoring the coronavirus variants currently circulating. Holiday travelers face trio of illnesses, as RSV, flu spike in the DMV 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z As early as 1957, two virologists at the National Institute for Medical Research in London reported a convincing mechanism by which one animal virus might bump aside another. Competition between respiratory viruses may hold off a ‘tripledemic’ this winter 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Older adults, immunocompromised people and pregnant women should get the booster shots, because they offer extra protection against severe disease and death, said John Moore, a virologist at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. Will Covid Boosters Prevent Another Wave? Scientists Aren’t So Sure. 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The soldier, who was also on the government’s extremism watch list, threatened the government and virologists responsible for the country’s coronavirus policy. Killing of Belgian Police Officer May Have Been Terrorism, Officials Say 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z “Most of that has just to do with which one seeded an area first,” Thomas Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London, said. Happy Birthday, Omicron 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Each segment—a few hundred to a couple thousand nucleotide sequences long—has a different evolutionary history, says Spyros Lytras, an evolutionary virologist at the University of Glasgow, UK, who presented the work in Singapore. Chances of Finding COVID-Causing Virus Ancestor ‘Almost Nil,’ Virologists Say 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Lives Lived: The virologist and pediatrician Samuel Katz helped develop the measles vaccine, which has saved millions of lives around the world. Your Election Day Guide 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Several prominent virologists chimed in online quickly and positively. Paxlovid may reduce long covid risk for some patients, VA study finds 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z In 2013, McLellan and virologist Barney Graham were working at the National Institutes of Health when they homed in on the correct shape and figured out how to freeze it in that form. Strong RSV vaccine data lifts hopes after years of futility 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z But in February, Theodora Hatziioannou, a virologist at Rockefeller University in New York, and her colleagues ran an experiment that suggested Omicron was primed for an evolutionary explosion. Happy Birthday, Omicron 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z The chances of finding a direct ancestor “are almost nil”, says Edward Holmes, an evolutionary virologist at the University of Sydney in Australia. Chances of Finding COVID-Causing Virus Ancestor ‘Almost Nil,’ Virologists Say 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan and co-author of one of the Science papers, dismissed the new GOP report as “speculative hand-waving” and views it as a partisan document. Senate GOP report argues lab-leak theory is most likely origin of covid 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “There is no ‘smoking gun’ one way or the other, and we may never get it,” said Sergei Pond, a virologist at Temple University. G.O.P. Senator’s Report on Covid Origins Suggests Lab Leak, but Offers Little New Evidence 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “You could argue that without retroviruses you wouldn’t have mammals,” says Welkin Johnson, a virologist at Boston College. Ancient virus may be protecting the human placenta 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z From their two dozen studies, “We’ve learned a lot about how swine influenza circulates in that particular niche,” says virologist Richard Webby of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. To thwart the next pandemic, ‘swientists’ hunt for flu viruses at U.S. hog shows 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Mohsan Saeed, a virologist at the school, and his colleagues posted a report online aiming to understand the differences between Omicron and other variants. Lab Manipulations of Covid Virus Fall Under Murky Government Rules 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Since the late 1990s, genetic engineering techniques have made these studies much more efficient by allowing virologists to assemble new viral strains from genomic sequences and to add specific mutations. U.S. weighs crackdown on experiments that could make viruses more dangerous 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, a virologist at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, said that it was not clear that the virus came from the live animal market in Wuhan. G.O.P. Senator’s Report on Covid Origins Suggests Lab Leak, but Offers Little New Evidence 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z But several virologists argued on Twitter that the study is not as alarming as it first appears. Was a study that created a hybrid COVID-19 virus too risky? 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Most virologists demur when asked about which variant — or variants — will be infecting people this winter. XBB, BQ.1.1, BA.2.75.2 — A variant swarm could fuel a winter surge 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Jesse Bloom, a virologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, noted that the coronavirus is already rampant among humans and has evolved far beyond the variants used in the experiment. Lab Manipulations of Covid Virus Fall Under Murky Government Rules 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Many virologists, however, argued that only studies with live virus can accurately show the effect of a mutation. U.S. weighs crackdown on experiments that could make viruses more dangerous 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z “Many viruses jump directly from animals to humans without the need for adaptation,” said that study’s author, Raina Plowright, a virologist at the University of Montana. G.O.P. Senator’s Report on Covid Origins Suggests Lab Leak, but Offers Little New Evidence 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Given such limitations, the argument for doing this work “generally doesn’t feel overly convincing to me,” tweeted virologist Francois Balloux of University College London. Was a study that created a hybrid COVID-19 virus too risky? 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z “Our paper recognizes that there are different possible origins, but the evidence towards zoonosis is overwhelming,” says co-author Danielle Anderson, a virologist at the University of Melbourne. Evidence suggests pandemic came from nature, not a lab, panel says 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z The Boston episode “certainly tells us the P3CO framework needs to be overhauled pretty dramatically,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Lab Manipulations of Covid Virus Fall Under Murky Government Rules 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Yet he has also called these chimeric viruses “absolutely essential” to efforts to test antiviral drugs and vaccines against coronaviruses, and many virologists agree. U.S. weighs crackdown on experiments that could make viruses more dangerous 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z “I’m very familiar with outbreak response and pandemic preparedness, and none of it looks like this,” said Kristian Andersen, a virologist at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego who has spent years studying epidemics. New Infectious Threats Are Coming. The U.S. Probably Won’t Contain Them. 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The study was “far less alarming” than some suggest, tweeted virologist Stuart Neil of King’s College London, emphasizing that the hybrid virus was less lethal than the original Washington state strain. Was a study that created a hybrid COVID-19 virus too risky? 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z And he contends there was a “rush to judgment” by the National Institutes of Health and “a small group of virologists” to dismiss the possible research-related origins of the pandemic. Evidence suggests pandemic came from nature, not a lab, panel says 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z “The genetic innovations seen in Omicron were far more profound, as if it was a new species rather than just a new strain,” said Darren Martin, a virologist at the University of Cape Town. Why Omicron Might Stick Around 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Many prominent virologists who study the virus and have published peer-reviewed papers on the pandemic’s origin say the evidence points overwhelmingly to a natural spillover from animals sold in a market. NIH advisers urge tighter oversight of experiments on deadly viruses 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Evolutionary virologists have instead concentrated on the influenza virus, HIV, and other small viruses whose genomes consist of RNA. Will the monkeypox virus become more dangerous? 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, said she found the report’s assertions on the virus’s origins and gain-of-function research “appalling.” ‘Untrustworthy and ineffective’: Panel blasts governments’ covid response 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z “For nearly 3 years we’ve been running in circles about different lab-leak scenarios, and nothing has really added to this hypothesis,” says co-author Isabella Eckerle, a virologist at the University of Geneva. Evidence suggests pandemic came from nature, not a lab, panel says 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z “It’s a great idea,” said Dr. Paul Offit, a virologist and immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania who wasn’t involved in the study. Experimental COVID-19 vaccine may outsmart future coronavirus variants 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z While the scientific community is not monolithic on the issue of the pandemic’s origin, many virologists think this one began like so many in the past — through a natural spillover. NIH advisers urge tighter oversight of experiments on deadly viruses 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z “Nothing has changed for us here, the focus is all on monkeypox in the West,” said Placide Mbala, a virologist who directs the global health research department at Congo’s Institute of Biomedical Research. As monkeypox drops in the West, still no vaccines for Africa 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Mark Pallansch, a polio virologist who recently retired from the U.S. Polio is back rich countries, but it poses a far bigger threat to developing world 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The team of chemists and virologists investigated self-sterilising materials that reduce the risk of contaminated surfaces spreading infections. Self-sterilising plastic kills viruses like Covid 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z A virologist based at Queen's University Belfast said the consensus was that the Covid-19 vaccines were highly unlikely to be contributing to or driving these excess deaths. NI healthcare pressures lead to 300 excess deaths 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Waiting four to six months between vaccinations is commonly advised, said virologist Andrew Pekosz of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. CDC advisers weigh who needs updated COVID booster and when 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z In a March report, Getting to and Sustaining the Next Normal: A Roadmap for Living with COVID, some 50 contributors, including epidemiologists, virologists and policy experts, highlight the importance of early education for public health. A Cure for Vaccine Hesitancy Could Start in Kindergarten 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z “Deaths are concentrated in unvaccinated people and people with serious health conditions,” said John P. Moore, a virologist at Weill Cornell Medicine. Biden Administration Plans for New Booster Campaign Soon After Labor Day 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z “It has just exploded in the breadth of species that it’s observed in,” says Wendy Puryear, a wildlife virologist at Tufts University. ‘We’re nervous.’ Deadly bird flu may be in North America to stay 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Some virologists treat patients or are involved in the generation and production of vaccines. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Oyewale Tomori, a virologist who helped direct Nigeria’s effort to eliminate polio, said that in the past, he and colleagues balked at describing outbreaks as “vaccine-derived,” wary it would make people fearful of the vaccine. Polio in U.S., U.K. and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccine 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z “What they are doing now, first and foremost, is unscientific,” said Joseph Osmundson, a virologist at New York University. Monkeypox Vaccine Plan Prods Cities and States to Adopt New Dosing Regimen 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Joseph Osmundson, a virologist at New York University, said he was concerned that the federal government’s approach would push jurisdictions to move to the new method rapidly even if they have concerns. A Repeat of Covid: Data Show Racial Disparities in Monkeypox Response 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z I am a veterinary pathologist and virologist who has been working with poxviruses for over 20 years. Dog That Caught Monkeypox Highlights Risk to Pets and Wild Animals 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z “When you eliminate the absurd, it’s Wuhan,” says virologist Gregory Towers of University College London, who leans toward a natural origin. Where did pandemic start? Anywhere but here, argue papers by Chinese scientists echoing party line 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z “This suggests that there is a lot of community spread under the radar,” John Dennehy, a virologist and wastewater surveillance expert at Queens College, said in an email. Polio May Have Been Spreading for a Year 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Maurício Lacerda, a virologist at the Faculty of Medicine of Rio Preto told local media that when it comes to the virus, the monkeys of Brazil do not pose a threat to locals. WHO asks people not to attack monkeys over monkeypox 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Once virologist Dr. Jonas Salk created a successful vaccine in 1955, however, those numbers began to plummet. Could a polio epidemic really happen again? Outbreaks in New York state raise alarm 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z “The upside is you can stretch out doses,” said John P. Moore, a virologist at Weill Cornell Medicine. Biden Administration to Allow New Injection Method for Monkeypox Vaccine 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Wu Zhiqiang, a virologist at Peking Union Medical College who is the lead author of the Research Square preprint, wouldn’t say whether the government vetted his study, which is still under review at a journal. Where did pandemic start? Anywhere but here, argue papers by Chinese scientists echoing party line 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Molecular virologist Ana Falcón at the National Center for Biotechnology in Spain has found links between zombie viral genomes and the severity of disease. How Zombies Can Help Prevent the Next Pandemic 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z The argument for a market origin also relies on Chinese data that may be unreliable, Jesse Bloom, a virologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, said in an interview earlier this year. Scientists hone argument that coronavirus came from Wuhan market 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z One of the researchers involved, virologist Prof David Robertson from the University of Glasgow, told BBC News that he hoped the studies would "correct the false record that the virus came from a lab". Covid origin studies say evidence points to market 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Last month the court heard Ms Ferrier's defence team had failed to obtain a report from a virologist due to the monkeypox outbreak. Margaret Ferrier: MP faces further Covid rule breach accusation 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Dutch virologist Marion Koopmans, a prominent member of the WHO team, acknowledges politics played a role in both statements. Where did pandemic start? Anywhere but here, argue papers by Chinese scientists echoing party line 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Dr. Placide Mbala, a virologist who directs the global health department at Congo’s Institute of National Biomedical Research, said there are also noticeable differences between patients in Africa and the West. WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The virus, according to Andersen and other virologists who have studied it, does not appear to be manipulated or engineered, and its genetic features could have been produced through evolution. Scientists hone argument that coronavirus came from Wuhan market 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z “Once you get a virus in a population, it’s going to keep mutating to become more adapted to that species,” says Rachel Roper, a virologist at East Carolina University. Why is Monkeypox Evolving So Fast? 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z “I certainly think it’s something worth keeping a close eye on,” says Emma Hodcroft, a virologist at the University of Bern. As Omicron rages on, scientists have no idea what comes next 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z “Our motivation was to try to give some insight regarding the origin of Covid,” said Marc Eloit, a virologist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris who is leading the effort. Bat Virus Studies Raise Questions About Laboratory Tinkering 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z John Moore, a virologist at Weill Cornell, said he considered Novavax an excellent vaccine but was not yet convinced that an Omicron-based booster would provide much extra protection compared with the original version. Novavax’s latecomer Covid-19 vaccine gets U.S. authorization. 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Dr. Paul Offit, a virologist and immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania, thinks both approaches are wrong. Will Americans have the right COVID-19 vaccine this fall? Maybe 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z “China needs to return to the basics and launch a powerful drive for third doses to be administered, especially among the elderly,” Hong Kong University virologist Jin Dongyan told local media. Shanghai fears a second lockdown as China battles BA.5 outbreaks 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z As new monkeypox infections continue to pop up in Washington, some state virologists are beginning to turn their attention toward tracking the virus’s spread. UW Medicine virologists track local spread of monkeypox as more WA counties see infections 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z “This is another nail in the coffin of the lab leak theory that by now should be firmly sealed in the crypt,” said Edward Holmes, a virologist at the University of Sydney. Bat Virus Studies Raise Questions About Laboratory Tinkering 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan, would like to see more money for testing and vaccine development, as well as stronger messaging from the Biden administration and top health officials. As the BA.5 variant spreads, the risk of coronavirus reinfection grows 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Professor Lawrence S. Young, a virologist and professor of molecular oncology at the University of Warwick, told The New York Times he does not think that masking restrictions will return in Britain. BA.4 and BA.5 power a surge of known infections in Europe, officials say. 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z “It’s certainly encouraging,” said Dr. Paul Offit, a virologist and immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Multipronged vaccine protects against COVID virus family members — even some still in hiding 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z But people in many walks of life — from test pilots and deep-sea divers to virologists who collect bat guano from caves — take risks for science, he said. What it's like to catch the coronavirus for the sake of science 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z But Thomas Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London, said he thought that Dr. Eloit and his colleagues had been sufficiently prudent. Bat Virus Studies Raise Questions About Laboratory Tinkering 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The Thai study “is an interesting case report, and a great example of what good contact tracing can do”, says Marion Koopmans, a virologist at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A Person Got COVID from a Cat in First Confirmed Case 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z “We don’t want the world to lose confidence in vaccines that are currently available,” said Dr. Kanta Subbarao, a virologist who chairs that WHO committee. FDA advisers debate updating COVID booster shots for fall 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z For many virologists, the best example of this unpredictability is a pathogen that has been ravaging rabbits in Australia for the past 72 years: the myxoma virus. Think All Viruses Get Milder with Time? Not This Rabbit-Killer 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z “This is very much still an avian virus,” said Richard Webby, an influenza virologist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. Not Just for the Birds: Avian Influenza Is Also Felling Wild Mammals 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z At the press conference, SAGO’s chair, virologist Marietjie Venter of the University of Pretoria, stressed that unlike the joint commission report, her panel did not rank the various possibilities. From ‘open minded’ to ‘underwhelming,’ mixed reactions greet latest COVID-19 origin report 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Jesse Bloom, a virologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, said that the report made clear that mitigating future pandemic threats required considering both animal and laboratory origins. Mysteries Linger About Covid’s Origins, W.H.O. Report Says 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z On a sunny September morning in 2011, at a conference on the Mediterranean island of Malta, virologist Ron Fouchier made an announcement that shook the scientific world. The challenges of calculating a lab leak risk 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z Shortly after myxoma’s introduction, the Australian virologist Dr. Frank Fenner started a careful, long-term study of its carnage. Think All Viruses Get Milder with Time? Not This Rabbit-Killer 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z That means monkeypox genomes are at least “six times harder to analyse”, says Rachel Roper, a virologist at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Monkeypox Outbreaks: 4 Key Questions Scientists Have 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z An effective vaccine for poultry could help to stem the spread, along with decreases in the number of birds in production facilities, says Michelle Wille, a wild-bird virologist at the University of Sydney in Australia. Why Unprecedented Bird Flu Outbreaks Are Concerning Scientists 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z "The worry is the virus could get into domestic animals and essentially ping pong between them and humans," said Prof Lawrence Young, a virologist at the University of Warwick. Monkeypox patients should avoid pet contact 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The findings match results across microbiology, says University of Florida plant virologist Amit Levy, who was not part of the study: “There’s just way more viruses everywhere than we expected.” Pollen Grains Carry Hundreds of Plant Viruses 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z But virologists at the University of Tokyo have carried out experiments suggesting that the Omicron variant is evolving into more dangerous forms. Think All Viruses Get Milder with Time? Not This Rabbit-Killer 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z So virologists are in the dark, because they have few sequences to which they can compare the new monkeypox sequences, he says. Monkeypox Outbreaks: 4 Key Questions Scientists Have 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Once an individual’s pustules scab over, in two to four weeks, they are no longer infectious, said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. How Serious Is Monkeypox? 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z “And that’s something that, as a virologist, you don’t really like.” The Michigan mink mystery: How did an interspecies outbreak unfold? 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z “Viruses are nothing new and expected,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Explainer-How concerned should we be about monkeypox? 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z “It’s proving immensely difficult to get everyone to agree how on Earth to manage these children,” says Will Irving, a virologist at the University of Nottingham. What’s sending kids to hospitals with hepatitis—coronavirus, adenovirus, or both? 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Michael Skinner, a virologist at Imperial College London, said it’s still too early to determine how the men in the U.K. were infected. EXPLAINER: What is monkeypox and where is it spreading? 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z “This is actually for me a bit of a surprise,” said Alex Sigal, a virologist at the Africa Health Research Institute. How often can you be infected with the coronavirus? 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z “There’s so much less visibility about what’s happening,” said Rick Bright, a virologist and CEO of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute. Had COVID at Christmas? You could get it again now 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Omicron’s BA.2 subvariant remains dominant, after outpacing the initial strain in recent months — a reminder that new variants continue to emerge and surpass previous ones, which virologists expect as the virus evolves. COVID cases are up. Most mandates ended months ago. So where does WA stand? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The key question, says Isabella Eckerle, a virologist at the University of Geneva, is “how specific is this finding of low amounts of adenovirus? Would we also find it in healthy kids?” What’s sending kids to hospitals with hepatitis—coronavirus, adenovirus, or both? 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z “Vaccines can help, but are not the golden bullet,” says Ron Fouchier, a virologist at Erasmus University Medical Center. Wrestling with bird flu, Europe considers once-taboo vaccines 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Epidemiologists and virologists are watching closely as cases there rise sharply again, just 5 months after the Omicron variant caused a dramatic surge. New versions of Omicron are masters of immune evasion 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z They’re supposed to be free of viruses, but this particular virus can be hard to detect, Joachim Denner, a virologist at the Free University of Berlin, told MIT Technology Review. A pig virus may have contributed to the death of first pig heart transplant patient 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z “The beauty of live attenuated vaccines is that they can provide broad long-term immunity in a very resistant context,” says J. Robert Coleman, a virologist and the company’s co-founder. Nose Spray Vaccines Could Quash COVID Virus Variants 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Jin Dongyan, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong, said that judging from the official data so far, the outbreak in Beijing seemed controllable. Beijing Escalates Restrictions, but Still Stops Short of Lockdown 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Even with all the changes so far, it still has abundant evolutionary space to explore, according to virologists who are tracking it closely. Virus mutations aren’t slowing down. New omicron subvariant proves it. 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Since last year, virologists began noticing the vulnerability of this spot in laboratory experiments. Are New Omicron Subvariants a Threat? How Scientists are Keeping Watch 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z In a situation like COVID, this means the privileged voices are virologists, who have expertise on viruses; epidemiologists, who research the patterns and causes of disease; and experts in infectious diseases. A COVID-19 lesson: America needs to invest in K-12 science 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z For Rick Bright, a virologist and CEO of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute, that means using the CDC data as well as a number of other sources to understand COVID’s spread. COVID could be surging in the US right now and we might not even know it 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Dan Barouch, a virologist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, says the findings are in line with previous research. COVID Vaccines Plus Infection can Lead to Months of Immunity 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z These fears may have only intensified amid recent reports of harassment and threats directed at virologists and other scientists. The worrying murkiness of institutional biosafety committees 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Biologists such as the two of us, along with virologists and immunologists, all pivoted to focus on the new pathogen. A High-Speed Scientific Hive Mind Emerged from the COVID Pandemic 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Dr. Julian Tang, a clinical virologist at the University of Leicester, said in a press statement that if omicron keeps circulating, it might be better for scientists to design a variant-specific vaccine. Do we all need a fourth vaccine dose? Why doctors are not convinced — yet 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z As he was preparing for the move, Dr. Holmes got an email out of the blue from a Chinese virologist named Yong-Zhen Zhang, asking if he’d like to study viruses with him in China. ‘He Goes Where the Fire Is’: A Virus Hunter in the Wuhan Market 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z “It’s not the same virus as two years ago in Wuhan and elsewhere,” said Jin Dong-yan, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong. China weighs exit from ‘zero COVID’ and the risks involved 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z It comes from two dozen epidemiologists, pharmacologists, virologists, immunologists and policy experts, shepherded by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, vice provost of lobal initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania. Opinion | This is what ‘living with covid’ might look like 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Marc Johnson, a virologist at the University of Missouri, Columbia, who has helped lead the state’s extensive wastewater monitoring, says media and the public have welcomed the data. Pandemic signals from the sewer—what virus levels in wastewater tell us 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z “There’s certainly no need to panic,” said Arinjay Banerjee, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan who was not involved in either study. New Coronavirus Lineage Discovered in Ontario Deer 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z On Jan. 10, they agreed to share it on a forum for virologists, and Dr. Holmes put it online. ‘He Goes Where the Fire Is’: A Virus Hunter in the Wuhan Market 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z “I think it’s really important to review this stuff and to regulate it, and make sure that it’s regulated in the right way,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan. NIH orders sweeping review of potentially risky experiments on viruses and other pathogens 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Some virologists say that the new evidence pointing to the Huanan market doesn’t rule out an alternative hypothesis. New Studies Support Wuhan Market as Pandemic’s Origin Point 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “Viral infection and immunity is much more complex than just a virus binding to a cell,” Kaitlin Sawatzki, a virologist at Tufts University, said in an email. The Coronavirus Menagerie 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z “This is not trivial technology,” said John P. Moore, a virologist at Weill Cornell Medicine. These Vaccines Have Been Embraced by the World. Why Not in China? 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z They cast virologists as either never having given lab scenarios fair consideration or—on the other extreme—believing in a lab origin all along and deliberately lying about it. The Lab-Leak Hypothesis Made It Harder for Scientists to Seek the Truth 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Its patterns of infection and symptoms have led some virologists and historians of medicine to now wonder: Might the Russian flu actually have been a pandemic driven by a coronavirus? An Undiscovered Coronavirus? The Mystery of the ‘Russian Flu’ 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z “Analysis-wise, this is excellent work, but it remains open to interpretation,” says Vincent Munster, a virologist at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a division of the National Institutes of Health, in Hamilton, Montana. New Studies Support Wuhan Market as Pandemic’s Origin Point 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “It wouldn’t surprise me if you would find an animal species or an animal reservoir that nobody has thought about,” Dr. Diego Diel, a virologist at Cornell University, said. The Coronavirus Menagerie 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z He consulted with state police, local health officials, the fire marshal, at least one virologist, and a member of the White House COVID-19 advisory team. Diddling while Rome burns: How sex party purveyors survived the pandemic 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z “Stopping in mid-December makes no logical sense if you’re making your decisions based on the trajectory of the pandemic,” said John Moore, a virologist at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. Once a Threat to the Season, Omicron Is Sitting Out the Super Bowl 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The French virologist was a senior researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, where he directed a unit that focused on retroviruses, which multiply by splicing their genetic material into a host cell’s genome. Luc Montagnier, Nobel-winning virologist who co-discovered HIV, dies at 89 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Over the past year, Michael Worobey, a virologist at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, and an author on the papers with Andersen says that his thinking on the origins of COVID-19 has shifted. New Studies Support Wuhan Market as Pandemic’s Origin Point 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z The virologist first began working on the virus in the early 1980s while at France's Pasteur Institute, a non-profit research foundation. Luc Montagnier, co-discoverer of HIV, dies aged 89 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z He said recent scientific discoveries in 1957 and inspired him to become a virologist in the rapidly advancing field of molecular biology. French HIV discoverer Luc Montagnier has died at 89 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The senator said Dr. Fauci needs to be more forthcoming about federal grants that were awarded to a team working with virologists in Wuhan, where the virus was discovered in late 2019. Pandemic outcome will define Dr. Fauci’s legacy; shifts in advice divide Americans on partisan lines 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z But four months later, when Dr. Montagnier described his work at a conference of top virologists at Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., Luc Montagnier, Nobel-winning virologist who co-discovered HIV, dies at 89 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z “There is no doubt that we are at an absolute critical juncture,” said Siddharth Sridhar, a clinical virologist at the University of Hong Kong’s School of Clinical Medicine. Hong Kong’s ‘zero-covid’ policy buckles under the onslaught of omicron — but authorities won’t let it go 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, it is important to monitor the pet trade closely, says Marion Koopmans, a virologist at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. How Sneezing Hamsters Sparked a COVID Outbreak in Hong Kong 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z “I wouldn’t be surprised if more sampling uncovers the fact that these are not necessarily sporadic events,” said Dr. Samira Mubareka, a virologist at Sunnybrook Research Institute and the University of Toronto. Is the coronavirus in your backyard? 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z “To have something in a sewershed that you’re detecting, you need a fair bit of it around,” said Dr. Adam Lauring, a virologist at the University of Michigan, who was not involved in the research. In New York City sewage, a mysterious coronavirus signal 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Such in vitro studies "raise eyebrows" to a virologist, Dr. Benhur Lee, a Professor of Microbiology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, previously told Salon. Joe Rogan can't stop pushing ivermectin as a COVID treatment. Experts are tired of debunking him 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z But virologists say that’s unlikely to be the case for the rapid antigen tests — which detect certain proteins in the virus and produce results within 30 minutes — that are headed for people’s mailboxes. It’s Day 6 of COVID, and you test positive again. Why you should stay home 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z If a virologist who long ago worked on the technology used in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, as Malone did, has his doubts, why wouldn’t people be interested in hearing what he has to say? Opinion | What the Neil Young-Spotify moment teaches us 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z One of Mr Rogan's most controversial guests has been the virologist Robert Malone. Joe Rogan: Four claims from his Spotify podcast fact-checked 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z But evolutionary virologist Aris Katzourakis of Oxford University warned that diseases such as malaria and polio may be endemic, but are not harmless. As Omicron ebbs, England revives Plan A: living with COVID 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z “Expect the next variant to come out of left field,” said Jeremy Kamil, a virologist at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport. Omicron Offers Hope Pandemic Could Stabilize, W.H.O. Official Says. 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z If there’s live virus, said Dirk Dittmer, a virologist at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, “then the cells would die, just like the lung cells in your body would die.” It’s Day 6 of COVID, and you test positive again. Why you should stay home 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z That suggests BA.2 is a bit more transmissible, says virologist Tom Peacock of Imperial College London. After Omicron, some scientists foresee ‘a period of quiet’ 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z It’s unclear how significant those mutations are, especially in a population that has encountered the original omicron, said Dr. Jeremy Luban, a virologist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. EXPLAINER: What’s known about ‘stealth’ version of omicron? 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Jin Dong-yan, a virologist at Hong Kong University, said the small clusters so far are unlikely to affect the Winter Olympics. Abrupt lockdowns loom over Beijing life ahead of Olympics 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The case suggests oversight at the lab was “not stringent enough,” says Michael Lai, a virologist at Academia Sinica’s Institute of Molecular Biology. Taiwan’s science academy fined for biosafety lapses after lab worker contracts COVID-19 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z As a virologist who has followed this pandemic closely, I contend that this vaccine inequity should be of grave concern to everyone. CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z The two variants might also recombine to produce a virus that incorporates both Omicron’s immune evasion tricks and Delta’s severity, says virologist Christian Drosten, also at Charité. After Omicron, some scientists foresee ‘a period of quiet’ 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The Communist Party newspaper Global Times cited the Beijing Center for Disease Control and virologists as making the link between the latest infections and packages from abroad. China media say foreign parcels suspected in new infections 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z “I want to be a virologist,” he told the head of an infectious disease department. Halting Progress and Happy Accidents: How mRNA Vaccines Were Made 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z Slippery variants packing a more powerful punch could yet emerge, and virologists say that, contrary to what has sometimes been conjectured, viruses do not inexorably evolve toward milder strains. As nations decide to live with the virus, some disease experts warn of surrendering too soon 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z Christian Drosten, the country’s most famous virologist, noted that Germany would most likely eventually have to move to treating the virus as endemic. The Omicron Shift in Europe: Pandemic or Endemic? 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z “Because the best virologists, the best epidemiologists, the best physicians don’t know and disagree on these various topics.” California Omicron surge expected to peak within weeks 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z The new evidence is “very exciting,” but “it’s still an association,” says Jeffrey Cohen, a virologist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Two decades of soldiers’ medical records implicate common virus in multiple sclerosis 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z A bearded virologist with a calm demeanor, who at 6-foot-5 towered over most of his colleagues at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, he had begun his career as a clinician. Halting Progress and Happy Accidents: How mRNA Vaccines Were Made 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z “January is going to be a terrible month with a million cases a day,” said University of North Carolina virologist Dr. Myron Cohen. COVID-19 pill rollout stymied by shortages as omicron rages 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z “It’s not like omicron is running through the population and nobody is getting hospitalized,” said Michael Diamond, a virologist at Washington University in St. Louis. Omicron could have a silver lining by boosting immunity, some experts say. But don’t bet on it. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Germany’s leading virologist said omicron could become the first “post-pandemic” coronavirus variant, which would likely make this disease an endemic one, not so lethal, and one that we will live with like the flu. Opinion | With omicron, let’s not fight the last war 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z “The message is not that we should stop using these tests,” said Isabella Eckerle, a clinical virologist at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Emerging Data Raise Questions About Antigen Tests and Nasal Swabs 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Dr. Drew Weissman, a physician and virologist so taciturn that his family liked to joke he had a daily word limit, was desperate for new approaches to an H.I.V. vaccine. Halting Progress and Happy Accidents: How mRNA Vaccines Were Made 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z This means that another 15 million booster shots are needed to cross the 80% threshold virologists believe is necessary for a buffer against Omicron, which spreads faster. Germany needs 15 million additional boosters to slow Omicron 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z In terms of pupils returning to classrooms this week, the virologist said he suspects there will be a lot of outbreaks in schools unless further mitigating measures are introduced. Covid-19: Keeping schools in Northern Ireland open 'top priority' 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Joseph Osmundson, a virologist at New York University, criticized the high hopes for Corbevax, given the lack of public data from Phase 3 clinical trials. A new coronavirus vaccine heading to India was developed by a small team in Texas. It expects nothing in return. 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z “Without detecting it in time, it will disperse quickly,” said Dr. Andreu Comas, a virologist at the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi who is part of a consortium that monitors variants. Mexico takes a pandemic-as-usual approach to Omicron 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z “I’d be very wary of translating data from Delta to Omicron,” said Stephen Goldstein, a virologist at the University of Utah. Will Shortened Isolation Periods Spread the Virus? 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Fabrizio Pregliasco, a virologist, echoed his comment: "It's clear that at this stage and with this diffusion of Omicron, we must consider changes in the way we intervene, otherwise we're heading for a generalised lockdown." Health experts say Italy faces paralysis under quarantine rules 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Even the scientific committee advising the Belgian government had not asked for the culture industry closures, leaving virologist Marc Van Ranst to ponder that in Belgium “gluhwein beat culture.” ‘No culture, no future’: Belgian artists decry virus rules 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z "As all the public health folks have been saying, it's going to rip right through the population," Dr. David Ho, a world-renowned virologist and Columbia University professor, told CNBC. Some speculate that omicron will spread fast and burn out, marking the pandemic's finale 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z The work emphasizes the importance of looking beyond spike, says Matthew Frieman, a corona virologist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. How a genetic twist in an ‘old’ variant may be driving Omicron and Delta today 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z “I don’t think reducing the time for isolation overall is a bad idea,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Will Shortened Isolation Periods Spread the Virus? 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z “If you go outside that window of time I fully expect the effectiveness of this drug is going to fall,” said Andrew Pekosz, a Johns Hopkins University virologist. Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorized home COVID treatment 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Health officials were already bracing for a possible surge in winter cases driven by the Delta variant when virologists became concerned about the even-more-transmissible Omicron variant. Imperial County medical groups raise alarm about 'unproven' COVID-19 treatments 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z “We’re all still really cautious about that data, but it seems to be holding out,” says virologist Wendy Burgers of the University of Cape Town. Early lab studies hint Omicron may be milder. But most scientists reserve judgment 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z “If it’s rolled out effectively this has a real big potential,” to make up for antibody treatments, said Andrew Pekosz, a virologist at Johns Hopkins University. Omicron may sideline two leading drugs against COVID-19 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z At least two former Democratic Senate hopefuls — former state Sen. Erica Smith and virologist Richard Watkins — left the field last month and are now running for U.S. Jackson ends Senate bid in North Carolina, endorses Beasley 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z “Maybe it’s something that your physician would think about if you had severe underlying conditions,” Seema Lakdawala, a virologist at the University of Pittsburgh, said. Pfizer’s Covid Pill Works Well, Company Confirms in Final Analysis 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Even if Omicron causes milder disease, as some scientists hope, the astronomical case projections mean the outlook is grim, warns Emma Hodcroft, a virologist at the University of Bern. Scientists see a ‘really, really tough winter’ with Omicron 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Gary Whittaker, a virologist at Cornell University, says Omicron seems to behave more like seasonal coronaviruses, which are often hard to grow in cell culture. Early lab studies hint Omicron may be milder. But most scientists reserve judgment 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z But immunologists and virologists say they are to be expected. Why do we get side effects from vaccines? Experts say that means it's working 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z “Most of us know certain critical letters – alpha, beta, gamma,” said Jeremy Luban, a virologist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. With coronavirus variants, world gets crash course on the Greek alphabet 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z The group is composed of virologists, clinical practitioners, ethicists and other experts who have at times sparred publicly about the right way to deal with the outbreak. 1st meeting of Germany’s new COVID panel as infections ease 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z For Hodcroft and other virologists, immunologists, and epidemiologists, Omicron is another dizzying plunge on the pandemic roller coaster, right before the holidays—a time of frenzied phone calls, late night work, and little sleep. Scientists see a ‘really, really tough winter’ with Omicron 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z “We have this Balkanized health care system, and the system is a giant mess,” said Jeremy Kamil, a virologist at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport. Omicron Is a Dress Rehearsal for the Next Pandemic 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z The coronavirus has shown how the urgency of a pandemic can accelerate them by marshaling all available resources; but it has also pulled virologists’ time and resources away from influenza. We’re Getting Close to ‘Universal’ Vaccines. It Hasn’t Been Easy. 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z “There is no data yet on whether they are needed three or six months after, and there could be a difference,” said Jin Dong-Yan, a virologist at Hong Kong University. World rushes to boost against omicron, but questions remain 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z “We’re likely to see reduced effectiveness of vaccines against preventing infection,” says Penny Moore, a virologist at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, who co-authored one of the studies. Omicron Is Likely to Weaken COVID Vaccine Protection—But Boosters Could Restore It 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “That absolutely proved not to be the case,” says Paul Bieniasz, a virologist at Rockefeller University in New York City. COVID Variants Hint at How the Virus Will Evolve 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “Thank goodness we have some concrete data now,” Benjamin Neuman, a virologist at Texas A&M University, said in an email. First lab results show omicron has ‘much more extensive escape’ from antibodies than previous variants 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Kristian Andersen, a virologist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, who was not involved in the new study, agreed that booster shots were likely to help fend off the new variant. Pfizer vaccine gives some protection against omicron, early study shows 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z But Omicron's ability to escape vaccine antibodies is "incomplete", said Prof Alex Sigal, a virologist at the Africa Health Research Institute, who led the research. Covid: Vaccines should work against Omicron variant, WHO says 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z “Vaccines are a major miracle of modern science,” said Sarah Pitt, a virologist at the University of Brighton in England. Omicron raises vaccine questions a year after first Pfizer shot 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z “Additivity means one plus one equals two, and synergy means one plus one equals four,” said Dr. Mark Denison, a virologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. New Covid Pills Offer Hope as Omicron Looms 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z But "only time will tell" if they are required to control transmission rates, according to virologist Dr Richard Stanton from Cardiff University. Covid: Could Omicron cases lead to more rules in Wales? 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z “It is not clear whether after this we can expect a sharp decline or if we will just remain on a high plateau,” virologist Steven Van Gucht said. Belgium tightens curbs, but avoids lockdown as COVID cases peak 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z I am a virologist who studies emerging and zoonotic viruses to better understand how new epidemic or pandemic viruses emerge. Will omicron – the new coronavirus variant of concern – be more contagious than delta? 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z In the omicron variant, one of the genes — the spike gene, or S gene — isn’t detected by PCR tests, so virologists can use that trait to help identify potential cases. Inslee urges Washington residents to get COVID shots and boosters as health officials ramp up for the omicron variant 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z In the omicron variant, one of the genes — the spike gene, or S gene — isn’t detected by PCR tests, so virologists can use that trait to help identify potential omicron cases. State health leaders continue search for omicron variant in Washington, say it’s ‘not a time to panic’ 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z But there is skepticism among virologists around deep cleaning. Michigan schools close to deep clean for COVID-19; expert says it’s ‘absurd’ 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “The virus needs a template to guide construction of new versions of itself,” says Timothy Sheahan, a virologist at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, who worked on molnupiravir’s development. How the New Antiviral Pills Help Thwart COVID 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Only one of them was Omicron, according to Marc Van Rast, one of the virologists who parsed the samples. The race is on to trace the new COVID-19 variant 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “It’s going to take another two or three weeks to see how it develops, and understand it,” Christian Drosten, a leading German virologist and government adviser, told ZDF television. Europe, already beset by Delta surges, now confronts Omicron 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “It feels different from the first bits of information we got about the Delta variant,” said Christian Drosten, a prominent German virologist, describing himself as “pretty worried.” Fragmented Reactions Hinder Global Fight Against Omicron Variant 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The incoming coalition has faced criticism from some virologists and opposition politicians for not doing more to curb contagion during this transition period. Germany's SPD will announce its ministers next week 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z “I think what Africa could do to really shame the world is to stop asking for vaccines,” said Christian Happi, a Nigerian virologist who sat on the scientific advisory board of CEPI. Omicron brings COVID-19 vaccine inequity ‘home to roost’ 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z “We’re flying at warp speed,” says Penny Moore, a virologist at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, whose lab is gauging the variant’s potential to dodge immunity from vaccines and previous infections. Heavily Mutated Omicron Variant Puts Scientists on Alert 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Lawrence Young, a virologist at the University of Warwick, described omicron as “the most heavily mutated version of the virus we have seen,” including potentially worrying changes never before seen all in the same virus. EXPLAINER: What we know and don’t know about omicron variant 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z “My best guess is that this combines both of those elements,” Penny Moore, a virologist at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in South Africa, said of the new variant. Will the Vaccines Stop Omicron? Scientists Are Racing to Find Out. 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z South Africa has seen a near-tripling of daily reported cases in the past week, mainly of the new Omicron variant first identified by South African virologists. South Africa mulling compulsory COVID-19 jabs for some places, activities 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z The world’s microbiologists and virologists now experiment with more types of dangerous viruses and bacteria than ever before, and they do so with far greater frequency. You Should Be Afraid of the Next ‘Lab Leak’ 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, after spotting the odd sequences in a global database, Tom Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London, had already posted his own verdict on GitHub: “This could be of real concern.” 'Patience is crucial': Why we won't know for weeks how dangerous Omicron is 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Lawrence Young, a virologist at the University of Warwick, told The Associated Press Friday that omicron is “the most heavily mutated version of the virus we have seen” and one that’s spreading rapidly. UW scientist weighs in on spread of new omicron COVID variant 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Lawrence Young, a virologist at the University of Warwick, described the variant as “the most heavily mutated version of the virus we have seen.” EXPLAINER: What is this new COVID variant in South Africa? 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z "Keep an eye on the new COVID-19 variant. None of us are virologists, but all of us have seen the impact this has had on the intended path of central bank policy and markets." What investors are saying about the new virus variant 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Hospitals in some areas, especially in eastern and southern Germany, are under pressure and virologists have warned that many more people could die. German COVID-19 deaths pass 100,000 mark as fourth wave takes hold 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Even after virologist Dr. Jonas Salk announced a successful vaccine in 1955, there were still heart-wrenching photographs of paralyzed children for whom that inoculation was released far too late. As COVID-19 cases skyrocket in children, doctors warn of lifelong side effects 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z “The debate is quite polarized at the moment,” says Craig Thompson, a virologist at the University of Oxford, UK. Do Childhood Colds Help the Body Respond to COVID? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z That conclusion is regarded as overwhelmingly likely by virologists, especially since it matches the path by which viral pandemics have typically started throughout history. Column: A new research paper adds to the evidence that COVID-19 came from animals, not a Chinese lab 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Schools remain open, and virologists on Thursday proposed extending Christmas holidays to slow infections, which are rising most rapidly among children. Facing new COVID wave, Dutch delay care for cancer, heart patients 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Oyewale Tomori, a Nigerian virologist who sits on several WHO advisory groups, suggested Africa might not even need as many vaccines as the West. Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The original patient is believed to have been a woman who worked in the market, according to virologist Michael Worobey. Covid news live: Macron says locking down France’s unvaccinated ‘not necessary’; first Covid case was at Wuhan market - study 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z She was a research scientist, epidemiologist, virologist and the first female professor at Yale Medical School. Lost Women of Science, Episode 3: The Case of the Missing Portrait 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Mission member Marion Koopmans, a virologist at Erasmus Medical Center whose department collaborates with EcoHealth, says Daszak “was tough” with the Chinese scientists and dismisses the notion he drove the “extremely unlikely” conclusion. ‘We’ve done nothing wrong.’ EcoHealth leader fights charges that his research helped spark COVID-19 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Evolutionary virologist Edward Holmes of the University of Sydney says China is only putting off the inevitable. ‘Zero COVID’ is getting harder— but China is sticking with it 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Contrary to the curiosity-piquing subtitle, the authors don’t tell us much that is illuminating about how virologists actually search for the origins of new viruses. These authors wanted to push the COVID-19 lab-leak theory. Instead they exposed its weaknesses 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z “We’re worse off than we were a year ago, and we’re now facing a real emergency situation,” Christian Drosten, Germany’s leading virologist and a government adviser, said in a podcast on Wednesday. COVID-19 surge in Europe as it heads into winter could bode ill for U.S. 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z "If there's one thing to learn from this it's not to take your eye off the ball," said Lawrence Young, a virologist at the UK's Warwick Medical School. COVID-19's epicentre again: Europe faces fresh reckoning 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z But virologists and pandemic experts say there is little doubt that it is the unvaccinated who are contributing most to the wave of infections burdening in hospitals across the country. Germany’s Fourth Covid Wave: ‘A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’ 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z One of the country’s top virologists, Christian Drosten, warned Wednesday that another 100,000 people could die in coming months if the country’s vaccination rate didn’t accelerate quickly. Germany set to plan new virus measures as numbers spike 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z “Viral” is built on vague innuendo, dressed up with assertions that may strike laypeople as plausible but have long since been debunked by experienced virologists. These authors wanted to push the COVID-19 lab-leak theory. Instead they exposed its weaknesses 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z The pandemic raises the prospect of growing collaborations between virologists and neuroscientists. How COVID Might Sow Chaos in the Brain 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Vaccines alone are not the silver bullet to defeat the pandemic in the long term, virologists say. COVID-19's epicentre again: Europe faces fresh reckoning 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z It is a question many virologists across the country are asking, too, concerned that a lack of political leadership is wasting valuable time — and potentially costing lives. Germany’s Fourth Covid Wave: ‘A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’ 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z One of Germany's top virologists has warned that a further 100,000 people will die from Covid if nothing's done to halt an aggressive fourth wave. Germany coronavirus: Record rise prompts warning of 100,000 deaths 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z As virologists reported this summer, the emergence of SARS2 bears unmistakable signatures of those prior zoonotic events. These authors wanted to push the COVID-19 lab-leak theory. Instead they exposed its weaknesses 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z “Aaron Rodgers is a smart guy,” said David O’Connor, a virologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Packers fan. Scientists Fight a New Source of Vaccine Misinformation: Aaron Rodgers 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Fifteen years later, in 1953, American virologist Jonas Salk, whose research the foundation had funded, announced a breakthrough — the creation of a safe polio vaccine that he had successfully tested on his own children. The school that pioneered polio shots will give kids the covid vaccine, too 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z After the number of daily new coronavirus infections hit a record high on Nov. 3, reaching 33,949, German virologists sounded the alarm. Germany’s Fourth Covid Wave: ‘A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’ 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z But the approval, for people at high risk of severe disease, comes as a prominent virologist has suggested using molnupiravir could do far more harm than good, potentially unleashing new, deadlier variants of SARS-CoV-2. A prominent virologist warns COVID-19 pill could unleash dangerous mutants. Others see little cause for alarm 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z “It’s a one-way ticket. It doesn’t spread,” says Charles Rice, a molecular virologist at the Rockefeller University. Why is Delta so infectious? New lab tool spotlights little noticed mutation that speeds viral spread 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z “As far as the people who are in the hospital with Covid, overwhelmingly, those are unvaccinated people,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan. Scientists Fight a New Source of Vaccine Misinformation: Aaron Rodgers 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z One of the controversial studies was led by virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka’s lab at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the other by virologist Ron Fouchier at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands. The United States has stopped funding virus research it defines as risky 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Navarro wrote that he hoped the commission could be led by Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican, and include prominent virologists and biological weapons experts such as those at the Army’s Fort Detrick research base. Trump presidential commission weighed $10 trillion from China for pandemic damage 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Other virologists say the concern is worth tracking but, for now, is largely hypothetical. A prominent virologist warns COVID-19 pill could unleash dangerous mutants. Others see little cause for alarm 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Just as many academic virologists have noted, the report observes that furin sites have been found in naturally occurring viruses and can be the product of natural evolution. Column: A declassified government report offers no support for the lab-leak theory of COVID's origin 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z “In virology, many authors call RT-PCR results ‘viral loads,’ ” said Stanley Perlman, a physician and virologist at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Analysis | The repeated claim that Fauci lied to Congress about ‘gain-of-function’ research 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z “We” are citizens who have chosen to put our faith in the immunologists and virologists who have devoted their professional lives to studying infectious disease. Opinion | ‘We’ are putting our faith in science 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z One virologist told The Intercept the experiment was “sort of crazy” and “definitely gain of function” research. NIH says grantee failed to report experiment in Wuhan that created a bat virus that made mice sicker 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Dr. Julian Tang, a virologist at Britain’s University of Leicester, was perplexed by the decision. South African regulator rejects Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z “Instead of being clearly defined by specific criteria, conflict of interest became a personal, shifting opinion that I believe was politically motivated,” says Anderson, a virologist who had long collaborated with WIV. Fights over confidentiality pledge and conflicts of interest tore apart COVID-19 origin probe 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z When the Intercept obtained EcoHealth documents in September, seven of 11 scientists who are virologists or work in adjacent fields told the Intercept that the work appeared to meet NIH’s criteria for gain-of-function research. Analysis | The repeated claim that Fauci lied to Congress about ‘gain-of-function’ research 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The virologist did not recommend tightening the corona measures again . Covid news live: Russia sees 997 deaths as cases continue to soar; Melbourne to lift stay-at-home orders 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z They include virologists, geneticists, security specialists and animal experts. The World Health Organization has formed a new team to investigate COVID-19's origins 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z As virologist Dr. Stanley Perlman explained, the FDA has already set a precedent that additional shots of this nature can be authorized on an emergency basis. An FDA panel brings Moderna booster shots one step closer to reality 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z That suggestion offends University of Malaya virologist Lam Sai Kit, a task force member who was not on the grant revealed by The Intercept. Fights over confidentiality pledge and conflicts of interest tore apart COVID-19 origin probe 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Dr. Patrick Moore, a panel member and virologist at the University of Pittsburgh, said he voted to recommend a Moderna booster based on a “gut feeling, rather than based on really, truly serious data.” F.D.A. Panel Recommends Booster for Many Moderna Vaccine Recipients 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Richard Plemper, a virologist at Georgia State University in Atlanta and a collaborator on its development, told Nature, “The virus essentially mutates itself to death.” Opinion | This pill to treat covid could go a long way to getting us back to some kind of normal 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Yet it’s better to “hit early, hit hard” with antivirals, says Richard Plemper, a virologist at Georgia State University in Atlanta. How Antiviral Pill Molnupiravir Shot Ahead in the COVID Drug Hunt 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z It was not until 1933 that British virologists isolated the influenza virus, finally making it possible to design an effective vaccine. First, Impressive Vaccines for Covid. Next Up: The Flu. 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The panelists included Michael Worobey, an evolution virologist at the University of Arizona who signed the May 14 letter. "Lab leak" or natural spillover? Leading scientists debate COVID-19 origins 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z But it’s important to recognize that virologists believe the natural spillover hypothesis to be vastly more likely than a lab leak. Column: When will the Wall Street Journal stop publishing lab-leak propaganda? 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Angela Rasmussen, a virologist and research scientist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan, said antiviral pills could have a greater impact by virtue of reaching more people. Merck Says It Has the First Antiviral Pill Found to Be Effective Against Covid 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Evolutionary virologist Michael Worobey of the University of Arizona said he had kept an open mind from the start. ‘Lab-leak’ and natural origin proponents face off—civilly—in forum on pandemic origins 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The Nobel-prize-winning virologist Wendell Stanley hailed the milestone, declaring that the vaccine would prevent influenza from ever again becoming “one of the great destroyers of human life.” First, Impressive Vaccines for Covid. Next Up: The Flu. 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z "It's not like your cells get infected and then they secrete a bunch of virus and they're done," virologist Angela Rasmussen told the New York Times. Instead of just getting vaccinated, anti-vaxxers are drinking iodine antiseptic 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z What’s especially interesting about that last remark is that Bloom is a virologist more open to the lab-leak theory than many of his scientific colleagues. Column: When will the Wall Street Journal stop publishing lab-leak propaganda? 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Writers, artists, poets, a virologist, activists and filmmakers are among the luminaries named as this year’s MacArthur fellows. 25 MacArthur fellows awarded $625,000 in ‘genius grants’ 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z David Robertson, a virologist at the University of Glasgow, UK, calls the find “fascinating, and quite terrifying”. Closest Known Relatives of Virus Behind COVID-19 Found in Laos 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z “The bottom line is that the flu vaccines we have aren’t good enough,” said Nicholas Heaton, a virologist at Duke University School of Medicine. First, Impressive Vaccines for Covid. Next Up: The Flu. 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z That argument has never been quite true — virologists know that animals have been the source of most of the viral diseases afflicting humanity — but it has become weaker than ever over the last year. Column: New evidence emerges against COVID lab-leak theory — but the press keeps pushing it 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Others accused Fouchier and Kawoaka of being reckless, prompting the two virologists and their colleagues to agree to a temporary moratorium on the research. Gain-of-function research: all in the eye of the beholder 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Nkengasong, a virologist, currently directs the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, a specialized technical institution of the African Union based in Ethiopia. Biden to name African-born doctor to lead HIV/AIDS response 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z To make the discovery, Marc Eloit, a virologist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and his colleagues in France and Laos, took saliva, faeces and urine samples from 645 bats in caves in northern Laos. Closest Known Relatives of Virus Behind COVID-19 Found in Laos 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z “It’s not really new, but the financial power of what they put on the table is new of course,” Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, a French virologist and former top W.H.O. official, said in an interview. At Covid Summit, Biden Sets Ambitious Goals for Vaccinating the World 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z We shouldn’t all have to become amateur virologists and epidemiologists because, as laypeople, we will surely get some of these decisions wrong. Opinion | Booster shot or no booster shot? We need the experts to be clear with us. 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z And some pointed to the work of Ralph Baric, a virologist at the University of North Carolina, who pioneered the experimental techniques used in Wuhan. Gain-of-function research: all in the eye of the beholder 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Models are only as good as the data that are fed into them, says Vincent Munster, a virologist at the U.S. SARS-like viruses may jump from animals to people hundreds of thousands of times a year 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Berlin virologist Christian Drosten said the idea of “a relaxed autumn is a risky assumption” and warned that contact restrictions may have to be implemented again if new infections keep going up, dpa reported. Germany urges vaccine shots; warns of fall COVID-19 surge 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z The “smoking gun” evidence that SARS-CoV-2 was engineered, in the words of virologist and Nobel laureate David Baltimore, has not held up either. Why many scientists say it’s unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 originated from a ‘lab leak’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z As Hurricane Ida pounded New Orleans Sunday night, Tulane University virologist Robert Garry bedded down on a couch outside his lab, girding for the worst. After Hurricane Ida, researchers take stock 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z While Chinese virologists deny that their work is to blame, accidents have occurred on rare occasions in labs elsewhere in the world, leading to inadvertent releases of pathogens. A science in the shadows Dr Julian Tang, clinical virologist at the University of Leicester, said people needed to make their own assessments of risk. Covid: Festival-goers urged to take precautions 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Dutch virologist Prof Marion Koopmans, a member of the WHO team, told BBC Radio 4's Inside Science programme the risk of pandemics was increasing. Search for Covid's origins stalled, scientists say 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z It’s unclear whether the pangolins became infected in the wild or by other animals trafficked with them, says molecular virologist Tommy Lam of the University of Hong Kong, who helped identify some of these viruses. Why many scientists say it’s unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 originated from a ‘lab leak’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z One of the few virologists who was willing to comment flatly dismissed the possibility of a lab leak. Caught in the Crossfire Over Covid’s Origins 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z That means the bar for complete escape is high, says one of the authors, virologist Paul Bieniasz of Rockefeller University. New SARS-CoV-2 variants have changed the pandemic. What will the virus do next? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z "These results were all based on in vitro test-tube/cell culture work; to a virologist, that raises eyebrows." Why most prominent ivermectin-COVID studies are statistically meaningless 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z “To see delta just running laps around these other strains is very concerning,” said Benjamin Neuman, a virologist with Texas A&M University. ‘Goldilocks virus’: Delta vanquishes all variant rivals as scientists race to understand its tricks 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z “The idea of allowing a pretty much uncharacterized virus tear through our children is utterly reckless and irresponsible, especially because it’s a vaccine-preventable disease,” said Stephen Griffin, a virologist at the University of Leeds. U.K. to offer covid vaccines to 16- and 17-year-olds, but remains hesitant to go younger 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z There is also risk in "letting people get infected, even while preventing deaths", says virologist Shaheed Jameel. Covid-19: The mystery of rising infections in India's Kerala 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z “It’s difficult to pin down increase in severity and population bias,” said Lawrence Young, a virologist at the UK’s Warwick Medical School. Delta spreads 'like wildfire' as doctors study whether it makes patients sicker 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Luis Schang, a Cornell University virologist, applauded the changes, saying that wearing a mask represents a “small effort,” given the suffering caused by the pandemic. CDC urges vaccinated people in covid hot spots to resume wearing masks indoors 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z For virologists studying the coronavirus up close, that difference remains somewhat mysterious. ‘Goldilocks virus’: Delta vanquishes all variant rivals as scientists race to understand its tricks 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Lawrence Young, a virologist at Warwick Medical School, warned that Britain may never reach population immunity or herd immunity if children are not vaccinated. U.K. to offer covid vaccines to 16- and 17-year-olds, but remains hesitant to go younger 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z In a recent “critical review” of the origins of SARS-CoV-2, an international group of virologists notes that the virus “carries no evidence of genetic markers one might expect from laboratory experiments.” Fauci: 'There's no way' the coronavirus was made with U.S. research funds. Here's why 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z “This isn’t really that much of a surprise,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan. Olympics Virus Cases Raise Tricky Questions About Testing 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Landau’s team would probably have seen a similar increase in the vaccine’s potency if they had looked at the data over time, said Dan Barouch, a virologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. One dose of J&J vaccine is much less effective against delta variant, new study says 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z “I’m worried about delays and of course it’s a bit strange,” says virologist and veterinarian Marion Koopmans of Erasmus University. WHO chief sharpens call for China to further help probe into origin of pandemic 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z “I don’t expect that we will get close to the kind of mayhem we saw earlier,” said Kristian Andersen, a virologist at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego. Delta Variant Widens Gulf Between ‘Two Americas’: Vaccinated and Unvaccinated 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z "It's not true that we don't know where it came from - we just don't know how it got into humans," says Glasgow University virologist Prof David Robertson. Covid origins: Scientists weigh up evidence over virus's origins 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z As virologists try to understand these microscopic processes, the world is conducting an experiment on a grand scale, with most of the planet still unvaccinated and the virus circulating with limited obstacles. New study on delta variant reveals importance of receiving both vaccine shots 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Professor Lawrence Young, a virologist at the University of Warwick, warned that allowing 60,000 fans to crowd into Wembley is a “recipe for disaster.” AP PHOTOS: British sports fans making up for lost time 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z “I think it really is going to depend on a community-to-community basis,” says Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization–International Vaccine Center in Saskatchewan. How Dangerous Is the Delta Variant, and Will It Cause a COVID Surge in the U.S.? 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Yet, the Australian virologist still wonders what she missed. The last – and only –foreign scientist in the Wuhan lab speaks out 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z Cornell University virologist Colin Parrish, who was not involved in the study, says the factors examined were important in previous spillovers. The Animal Viruses Most Likely to Jump into Humans 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z "However, the pandemic is still not completely eliminated as an economic stumbling block. The Delta variant worries not only virologists but also economists," he added. German business morale shakes off coronavirus crisis to hit 2-1/2 year high 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Benjamin Neuman, a virologist at Texas A&M University, agreed that the data on mutations remained public. Seattle scientist digs up deleted coronavirus genetic data, adding fuel to the covid origin debate 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z “Worries about Delta should galvanize us to really ramp up vaccination efforts and surge vaccines to places where Delta is ticking up,” says virologist Angela Rasmussen of the University of Saskatchewan. Delta variant triggers dangerous new phase in the pandemic 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z And virologists used this information to better understand how the virus behaved. DeepMind uses AI to tackle neglected deadly diseases 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Jesse Bloom, a virologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, said that before the pandemic, the idea of a new virus sweeping the world and causing millions of deaths felt hypothetically plausible. Fight Over Covid’s Origins Renews Debate on Risks of Lab Work 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z Before the soldier disappeared, he went to the house of Marc Van Ranst, a top virologist active in Belgium’s Covid-19 response, and waited outside for him to return home from work. After 35-Day Manhunt for Far-Right Soldier, Body Is Found in Belgium 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z This is a fraught moment not only for virologists, but for scientists broadly. Scientists battle over the ultimate origin story: Where did the coronavirus come from? 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z “Certainly it is a continuum, not a clear cutoff,” said Dr. Helen Chu, a University of Washington virologist. Washington is tantalizingly close to a ‘near return to normal,’ but COVID risks are staying higher in some areas 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Russian virologists say that the Delta variant, first found in India, is now the most prevalent version in Moscow. Virus Cases Surge Again in Russia, Many From Delta Variant 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Matthew Pottinger, the deputy national security adviser, put Ruggiero in charge of a small team at the White House that included a virologist, an epidemiologist and a researcher. Trump administration’s hunt for pandemic ‘lab leak’ went down many paths and came up with no smoking gun 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z “The so-called political elite and now virologists decide how you and I should live,” he wrote. After 35-Day Manhunt for Far-Right Soldier, Body Is Found in Belgium 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z He is irritated that some fellow virologists have lent weight to the lab-leak idea. Scientists battle over the ultimate origin story: Where did the coronavirus come from? 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z Shi Zhengli, a top Chinese virologist, is once again at the center of clashing narratives about her research on coronaviruses at a state lab in Wuhan, the city where the pandemic first emerged. A Top Virologist in China, at Center of a Pandemic Storm, Speaks Out 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z When viruses jump to humans it would be "very rare for them to be a perfect," said Prof Wendy Barclay, a virologist from Imperial College London. Covid: Is there a limit to how much worse variants can get? 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Most intelligence officers are not virologists or epidemiologists. Trump administration’s hunt for pandemic ‘lab leak’ went down many paths and came up with no smoking gun 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Although the investigators didn’t sift through freezers at the WIV to confirm this information, the low number of genomes and cultures doesn’t surprise virologists. The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not know 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The Wuhan Institute of Virology at the center of the debate is home to some of the world’s leading virologists, regarded among the frontrunners of pandemic prevention. Here’s why you should care about the coronavirus lab leak theory 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Many virologists maintain that the coronavirus most likely jumped from an animal to a human in a setting outside a lab. A Top Virologist in China, at Center of a Pandemic Storm, Speaks Out 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Using virologists’ shorthand for the virus, SARS2, he continued: “These features make a powerful challenge to the idea of a natural origin for SARS2.” Column: A Nobel laureate backs off from claiming a 'smoking gun' for the COVID-19 lab-leak theory 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z "We're not following all these obvious leads now," Dr. Marion Koopmans, a leading Dutch virologist who was part of the WHO team, said last week. Mounting pressure on China about COVID "lab leak" could backfire 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z “We want an answer,” says Jason Kindrachuk, a virologist at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not know 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The first outbreak, in the spring of 2020, was traced by virologists to a Bangkok boxing stadium operated by the country’s powerful military, which makes money on sports gambling. After Lavish Nights of Clubbing in Bangkok, a Covid Outbreak 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z “Globally, it’s a nightmare, because most of the world is still not vaccinated,” said Jeremy Kamil, a virologist at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport. As Vaccines Turn Pandemic’s Tide, U.S. and Europe Diverge on Path Forward 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Other virologists challenge the assumption by Wade and the assertion by Baltimore that there’s anything unique or especially unusual about the furin cleavage site on SARS2. Column: A Nobel laureate backs off from claiming a 'smoking gun' for the COVID-19 lab-leak theory 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Despite the threat to his life, and the oppressively strict circumstances he's now living in, the virologist who became Belgium's most public figure in tackling the Covid pandemic is remarkably calm. Belgium's Van Ranst: Covid scientist targeted by a far-right sniper 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Virology labs tend to specialize in the viruses around them, says Vincent Munster, a virologist at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a division of the National Institutes of Health, in Hamilton, Montana. The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not know 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z “It's considerate,” says Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security. Some Pandemic Health Habits Deserve to Stay 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The “lab leak hypothesis,” as it’s known to virologists, is experiencing a heyday. Column: The lab-leak origin claim for COVID-19 is in the news, but it's still fact-free 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Balancing the commonplace nature of animal-human spillover against the complex assumptions required by the lab-leak theory, virologists say, tips the scales in favor of the former. Column: A Nobel laureate backs off from claiming a 'smoking gun' for the COVID-19 lab-leak theory 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z When he disappeared from his barracks, a note left no doubt that virologists were his target. Belgium's Van Ranst: Covid scientist targeted by a far-right sniper 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z My next question pertains to your colleagues, to other people who are public health experts, virologists, epidemiologists. A virologist unpacks the lab leak hypothesis 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z The Chinese government points to new research published by one of its leading virologists into samples collected from bats in a remote abandoned mine. Covid origin: Why the Wuhan lab-leak theory is being taken seriously 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Another reason for journalistic skepticism was that many professional virologists labeled the lab-leak theory as implausible from the first. Column: The lab-leak origin claim for COVID-19 is in the news, but it's still fact-free 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Many virologists say that this focus is warranted, because most emerging infectious diseases begin with a spillover from nature, as seen with HIV, Zika and Ebola. Divisive COVID ‘Lab Leak’ Debate Prompts Dire Warnings from Researchers 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z "The so-called political elite and now also the virologists decide how you and I should live," it read. Belgium's Van Ranst: Covid scientist targeted by a far-right sniper 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Dr. Gagandeep Kang, one of the country’s top virologists, said in a video interview on Sunday that the country was “late to the table” in buying vaccines from the international market. Delhi Considers Lifting Covid Limits, Despite Vaccine Shortage 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z National Geographic reports that WHO is working with virologists to create a new way of naming viruses. India reportedly orders social media platforms to remove references to "Indian variant" of COVID-19 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Anastasia Vlasova, a virologist at Ohio State University, found a key mutation, or deletion, in the genome when analyzing the samples from Malaysia. Scientists in Malaysia find dog coronavirus in humans 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z “This is a mosaic of several different recombinations, happening over and over, when nobody’s watching. And then boom, you get this monstrosity,” says virologist Benjamin Neuman at Texas A&M University. Two more coronaviruses can infect people, studies suggest 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Both studies were time consuming, costly efforts that few people tried to emulate, says virologist Angela Rasmussen of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Research Organization at the University of Saskatchewan. Human tissue preserved since World War I yields new clues about 1918 pandemic 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z “Is it the greatest of all the variants? It’s just really hard to say right now,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization. How the United States Beat the Variants, for Now 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z “I think there’s no perfect time to issue guidance like this,” said Nancy J. Cox, a virologist and former CDC official. CDC’s mask guidance spurs confusion and criticism, as well as celebration 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Another scientist involved is Dr Julian Tang, honorary associate professor and clinical respiratory virologist at the University of Leicester. Calls for post-Covid 'revolution' in building air quality 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z The signatories to the new letter are virologists, geneticists and epidemiologists from the U.S., Lab accident or jump from animals? Hutch virus expert calls for a new probe of COVID-19’s origins 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Dr. Johnson, a virologist at the University of Missouri, had spent much of 2020 studying sewage, collecting wastewater from all over the state and analyzing it for fragments of the coronavirus. From the Wastewater Drain, Solid Pandemic Data 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Malawi virologist Gama Bandawe says mistrust of vaccines has played a role in the country being unable to use all the supplies it has received. Covid-19 vaccines: Why some African states have leftover doses 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan. Is Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine safe? Brazil’s veto of Sputnik V sparks lawsuit threat and confusion 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z “It seems like a relatively low-cost way to tip the scale for people who might be on the fence,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at Georgetown University. West Virginia is offering an incentive to get vaccinated: Money 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z “As the numbers of sequences available are low, relative to the number of cases in India, we do need to be cautious,” says David Robertson, a virologist at the University of Glasgow, UK. India’s Massive COVID Surge Puzzles Scientists 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Angela Rasmussen, a virologist affiliated with Georgetown University, urged people not to overreact and wait for additional information. What you should do if you’ve received the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Prof Lawrence Young, a virologist and medical oncologist, said the drop in infections in the UK was not only due to the progress in vaccinations, but also because of lockdown restrictions. Covid lockdown eases: England 'buzzing' after first night out in 97 days 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Dr. Adam S. Lauring, a virologist at the University of Michigan who was not involved in the commentary, said he felt that Dr. Cobey and her colleagues had made a compelling case. To Speed Vaccination, Some Call for Delaying Second Shots 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Marion Koopmans, a Dutch virologist at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, said that the W.H.O. mission had asked the Wuhan blood bank system to hang on to donated blood from that time period. With Virus Origins Still Obscure, W.H.O. and Critics Look to Next Steps 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Despite months of restrictions, Germany is struggling to contain a third wave of infections and many virologists say a tough lockdown is unavoidable. German CDU leader calls for tougher lockdown for 2-3 weeks 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z “We share 1,000 kilometers of dry border with Brazil, the biggest factory of variants in the world and the epicenter of the crisis,” said Gonzalo Moratorio, a Uruguayan molecular virologist tracking the variant’s growth. Brazil has become South America’s superspreader event 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z But Linfa Wang, a virologist at Duke–National University of Singapore Medical School, doubts whether closer relatives will be found, given the exhaustive sampling done in the cave by researchers over the past decade. What’s Next in the Search for COVID’s Origins 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z “It is totally plausible, probable, logical and expectable that people are infected with the virus” even after two shots, said virologist Humberto Debat of the National Institute of Agroindustrial Technology in Cordoba, Argentina. Argentine leader’s test shows COVID; awaits confirmation 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z But though he is a trained virologist who saw the underlying intelligence, he was accused of spreading speculation and even fueling hate. Opinion | What if the former CDC director is right about the Wuhan labs? 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z “But obviously, it looks good for the vaccine if there were zero Covid cases among the vaccinated people,” virologist Angela Rasmussen told The New York Times. Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine highly effective in adolescents 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Dr. Bernard Moss, a virologist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, suspects that a number of companies will be willing to let their vaccines be tested in combinations. Getting One Vaccine Is Good. How About Mix-and-Match? 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The details in the report were helpful, but didn’t include much new information, says David Robertson, a virologist at the University of Glasgow, UK. What’s Next in the Search for COVID’s Origins 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z More investigations into the earliest days of the pandemic are also needed, says Thea Kølsen Fischer, a virologist at the University of Copenhagen and part of the international team. ‘Compromise’ WHO report resolves little on pandemic's origins, but details probe’s next steps 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Middeldorp says she expects more clarity after Monday's meeting of EMA's expert group, which includes clotting experts, neurologists, virologists, immunologists and epidemiologists. Could a rare clotting disorder dash the world's hopes for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine? 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z “The way they handled their data early on, AstraZeneca basically shot themselves in the foot,” Julian Tang, a virologist at the University of Leicester, said even before the latest issue arose. Reputation of AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine marred by missteps 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z "I would find these claims of a worldwide conspiracy involving every health worker, immunologist, epidemiologist, virologist, and journalist funny if they weren't so widely believed, and so dangerous," he says. Covid-19 leaflets: How pandemic disinformation went offline 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z The new variants might change that equation, says Eric Leroy, a virologist at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development who specializes in zoonotic diseases. Major coronavirus variant found in pets for first time 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z “With every day of vaccination delay, there are hospitalizations and deaths,” said Fabrizio Pregliasco, a virologist at the University of Milan. While its AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations are suspended, Europe is confronting a third wave 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z “We need this vaccine,” said Germany’s best-known virologist Christian Drosten, whose regular podcast is widely followed. Political role under fire in European AstraZeneca vaccine suspensions 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z He credits recent advances in genomic sequencing for helping virologists better characterize viruses and associate their presence with specific diseases — or lack thereof. Most viruses around us are benign; some are even lifesaving 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z “This is pretty shocking,” says virologist Angela Rasmussen of Georgetown University. New Ebola outbreak likely sparked by a person infected 5 years ago 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z “He looked at it, and obviously when you’re not a virologist, it’s tough to conceptualize that this was a multimillion magnification,” he said. Covid art, vaccine vials to be part of Library of Congress, Smithsonian collections 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z And Germany’s top virologist, Christian Drosten, warned this week that he expected his country to be in a situation at Easter like it was at Christmas. While its AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations are suspended, Europe is confronting a third wave 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z At Rockefeller University in New York last summer, virologist Paul Bieniasz and colleagues put the coronavirus’s distinctive spike protein under pressure in the laboratory. Scientists underestimated the coronavirus — and are racing to keep up with evolution 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z While virologists are just beginning to understand what constitutes a “healthy” virome, these studies suggest that our bacteriophage composition is key. Most viruses around us are benign; some are even lifesaving 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Alpha Keita, a virologist who led the sequencing work at CERFIG, worries about stigmatization and even violence against survivors have occupied him since he first got the surprising results a week ago. New Ebola outbreak likely sparked by a person infected 5 years ago 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z From the late 1940s until virologist Dr. Jonas Salk announced a successful vaccine in 1955, tens of thousands of people were disabled every year because of the disease. How will COVID-19 change the future? Look to history. 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z The new probe, the researchers said, should include diverse experts, including epidemiologists, virologists, wildlife experts, public health specialists, forensic investigators, and biosafety and biosecurity experts, and all theories should be examined. Virus experts demand new probe into origins of COVID-19 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z One prominent virologist told the team, “I am not worried about this,” Bieniasz recalled. Scientists underestimated the coronavirus — and are racing to keep up with evolution 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Michael Worobey, a virologist at the University of Arizona who was not involved in the research, said it was time to pay attention to P.1 in the United States. Virus Variant in Brazil Infected Many Who Had Already Recovered From Covid-19 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z A president’s Cabinet doesn’t need a virologist at Health and Human Services, an architect at Housing and Urban Development, or a fighter pilot running the Pentagon. Column: The dumbest thing Ted Cruz said last week. Hint: It wasn't about his Mexico trip 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Dr. Forterre did not win over many of his fellow virologists. Opinion | The Secret Life of a Coronavirus 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z |
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