The omicron variant quickly took over the global coronavirus landscape after it was first reported in South Africa in late November, 2021. The U.S. became the...
How do scientists detect new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19? The answer is a process called DNA sequencing. Researchers sequence DNA to determine the...
Since early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2. This was a valuable tool to...
Children who get COVID-19 typically recover quickly and will not require special support upon return to school. However, some people who contract the disease experience persistent...
The COVID-19 situation may have improved drastically in the recent months compared to when the pandemic started, but some people are still left with traces of...
The delta variant of the novel coronavirus has brought forth massive spikes in COVID-19 transmissions in the country and across the globe. And though children are...
As children return to school this year –- the third academic year to be affected by COVID – many parents, carers and teaching staff are worried...
In 2015, my collaborators and I published a scientific paper about a chicken virus you have likely never heard of. At the time, it got some...
With the delta variant making up over 93% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. at the end of July 2021, questions arise about how to stay...
Across the U.S., COVID-19 cases are rising again, primarily in unvaccinated populations. Most of these cases are due to the highly infectious delta variant of SARS-Cov-2,...
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