The Covid pandemic was catastrophic. But don’t overlook what went right.
More than 7 million people have been confirmed to have died from Covid so far, a number that is both still rising and almost ...
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Four Ways the COVID-Causing Virus Changed Science
Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The ...
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How China's 'Bat Woman' Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus
Shi Zhengli, a leading virologist, became known as “Bat Woman” for her work on coronaviruses. She has spent decades studying ...
How the pandemic changed the world of disease control for worse — and for better
Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...
COVID-19 - Five Years Later: Public Health officials reflect on lessons learned
Pandemic flus were on Nichole Louis’ mind. It was late 2019 and the Clinton County Health Department was in talks to work on some emergency preparedness training. “We had ended up having a roundtable ...
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‘Early events’ can increase a person’s risk for long COVID
A slow immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection, delayed viral clearance, and viral rebound can all increase a person’s risk ...
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5 years into the pandemic, the COVID-19 virus keeps changing
But that was one of the first big surprises from the virus dubbed SARS-CoV-2. It evolved like crazy. "SARS-CoV-2 so far has ...
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Drs. Keith Jerome and Jesse Bloom elected fellows of American Academy of Microbiology
Fred Hutch virologist Keith Jerome, MD, PhD, and evolutionary biologist Jesse Bloom, PhD, were recently elected to the 2025 ...
What we still don't know about COVID 5 years after the WHO declared a pandemic
Five years after the WHO declared COVID to be a pandemic, questions remain including how many people have died.
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5 years after COVID-19 became a pandemic, are we ready for what’s next?
We’ve learned a lot about COVID-19 over the last five years, but big questions remain. Recent federal actions may hinder the disease’s management.
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COVID likely came from a lab, and it matters enormously to prevent another pandemic
As we reflect on five years since the tumultuous start of the COVID pandemic (even if we just wish to forget it ever happened ...