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a woman with short hair smiling from behind a black mask

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Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 improves mental health

People who received the COVID-19 vaccine experienced less depression and anxiety compared to unvaccinated individuals

Danielle Llaneza
A man wearing a red shirt and a face mask leans back on a bench looking dejected

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How COVID-19's Delta variant upended the world's fall plans

The pandemic will end eventually, but it's going to take a while

Sara May Bergstresser
SARS-CoV-2 virus particles on the surface of cells undergoing apoptosis

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The lab-leak hypothesis for COVID-19 is becoming a conspiracy theory

To explain where SARS-CoV-2 came from, look at processes with scientific explanations and precedents

Dan Samorodnitsky
a woman staring at masks hanging on a wall. almost all masks are white, but one is blue

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Demystifying the effects of COVID-19 variants on vaccines

The US CDC has identified five variants of concern. Research into how vaccines might handle each is ongoing

Sara May Bergstresser
a loaf of baked bread on a countertop

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The range of microbes in your sourdough starter affect its smell and rise

Getting bored of pandemic-baking? Maybe you need different microbes!

Adam Fortais
a neon sign outline of the anatomy of the human heart

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New study finds COVID-19 mortality is associated with right ventricle irregularities

Human hearts are divided into two main parts, and the right one has long been neglected by researchers

Michael Nguyen-Truong
woman standing outside reading cards hanging from a gate

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Community health workers, often overlooked, bring trust to the pandemic fight

Health care has always been most personal when it extends beyond the clinic or hospital

Michele Cohen Marill
A scientist in a darkly lit lab uses using a microwave plasma atomic emission spectrometer

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COVID-19 is setting back the lives and careers of young scientists

How two graduate students are navigating science and graduation through a pandemic

Francesco Zangari

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It's time to track city sewage for emerging diseases, not just COVID-19

The current pandemic accelerated the wastewater epidemiology techniques, but researchers hope to continue the practice to prevent the next one

Lauren Sara McKee
an adult and child monkey looking at each other

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Monkeys and apes in Africa and Asia are also susceptible to SARS-CoV-2

New research compared the configurations of the ACE2 protein in 29 non-human primates

Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
a monkey crouched on a tree branch

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Viruses can 'spill back' into wildlife populations, increasing the risk of disease in humans

Using yellow fever as a case study, researchers examined whether chikungunya, Zika, and dengue could become established in the Neotropics

Alejandro Rossi
a sheep and a lamb laying on the ground

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Josseline Ramos-Figueroa
a child wearing a face mask

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Children can, and should, wear masks in school

The CDC says it is safe for kids two years old and older to wear a mask

Kristen Vogt Veggeberg
picture of a soccer goalie from behind the net during the daytime

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During the pandemic, mid-day might be the safest time to play soccer

New research looks into how to keep sports leagues in play while minimizing COVID-19 spread

Francesco Zangari
CRISPR gene editing visualization illustration

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A new COVID-19 test uses CRISPR to detect the virus

The test returns results in just 40-70 minutes

Polychronis Fatouros

emojis of different skin tones wearing masks

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Raj Rajeshwar Malinda
crowd of people in a sports stadium

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How deadly is COVID-19? A biostatistician answers

Experts are predicting that 200,000 people in the United States will die of COVID-19 by November

Ronald D. Fricker, Jr.
a man spilling water out of a glass jar, photographed from below

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Widespread PFAS chemical pollution will likely make COVID-19 worse

These common household and industrial chemicals impair immune system function

Anna Robuck
Transmission Electron Microscope image of SARS COV 2 virus

Transmission Electron Microscope image of SARS COV 2 virus

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To understand SARS-CoV-2, scientists found its wild cousins

The original host of this virus is still in question, but studying similar viruses can help us figure out how it evolved

Francesco Zangari
green speech bubble with yellow dots

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Simple science communication helps ease fears and spread good information during the COVID-19 pandemic

Epidemiologists Eleanor Murray and Benjamin Linas have created a set of posters for Boston-area patients, which have since been translated into many languages

Sharon Casey