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What Happens When We Give Animals Our Diseases?

By Tara C. Smith
April 27, 2022
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While it’s understandable to focus on the diseases affecting humans, it’s important to study how our illnesses may affect animals.

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Evolution ‘Landscapes’ Predict What’s Next for COVID Virus

By Carrie Arnold
January 11, 2022
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Studies that map the adaptive value of viral mutations hint at how the COVID-19 pandemic might progress next.

2021 in Review

The Year in Biology

By John Rennie
December 21, 2021
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The detailed understanding of brains and multicellular bodies reached new heights this year, while the genomes of the COVID-19 virus and various organisms yielded more surprises.

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Will We Ever Get Rid of COVID-19?

By Tara C. Smith
November 30, 2021
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No matter how much we’d like to eradicate SARS-CoV-2, it may be better to settle for other forms of control.

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How ‘Long COVID’ Keeps Us Sick

By Tara C. Smith
July 1, 2021
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Other diseases with long-term symptoms can help us understand how COVID can affect us long after the virus itself is gone.

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A Lack of COVID-19 Genomes Could Prolong the Pandemic

By Puja Changoiwala
June 28, 2021
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Genomic surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can help control the current pandemic and prevent future ones. But the process is marred by insufficient data and geographic inequities.

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Chasing the Elusive Numbers That Define Epidemics

By Jordana Cepelewicz
March 22, 2021
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Most modeling efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic have sought to address urgent practical concerns. But some groups aim to bolster the theoretical underpinnings of that work instead.

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How to Understand COVID-19 Variants and Their Effects on Vaccines

By Tara C. Smith
February 25, 2021
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Researchers are tracking the different strains of SARS-CoV-2 and studying how they spread through our population and our bodies.

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The Hard Lessons of Modeling the Coronavirus Pandemic

By Jordana Cepelewicz
January 28, 2021
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In the fight against COVID-19, disease modelers have struggled against misunderstanding and misuse of their work. They have also come to realize how unready the state of modeling was for this pandemic.


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