A team of researchers from the World Health Organization is scheduled to arrive in Wuhan on January 14 to investigate the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, and how the pathogen responsible for the largest pandemic in over a century made the transition from animals to humans. Additionally, the rateread more
As tenacious and pervasive as the coronavirus at the root of our long-running pandemic appears to be, SARS-CoV-2 has not only a host of strengths aiding its spread, but it also hides numerous vulnerabilities that could be exploited to help contain and defeat the deadly pathogen. Aside from lastingread more
Roughly two months after lifting the lockdown imposed on 500 million of its citizens, China is fighting to prevent a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic after a fresh outbreak occurred in the country’s capital of Beijing. Although the number of individuals found to be infected with the coronavirus isread more
The medical journal The Lancet has retracted a paper that had previously brought global clinical trials on chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 to a halt, due to the discovery of serious problems regarding the data presented in the paper. The paper’s retraction was requested by its lead author, Professorread more