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May 12, 2020 5:27 AM
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Coronavirus Vaccine: Indian based company says drug will be ready by August

Coronavirus Vaccine: Indian based company says drug will be ready by August | Virology News | Scoop.it
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May 10, 2020 4:51 AM
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Front-Runners Emerge in the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine

Front-Runners Emerge in the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine | Virology News | Scoop.it
It's been four months since researchers in China sequenced the novel coronavirus now known as SARS-CoV-2.In those four months, at least 3.8 million people...
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May 8, 2020 6:04 AM
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NATS Panel of Experts Lays Out Sobering Future for Singers: "No Vaccine, No Safe Public Singing"

NATS Panel of Experts Lays Out Sobering Future for Singers: "No Vaccine, No Safe Public Singing" | Virology News | Scoop.it
On May 5th, an expert panel assembled by the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Chorus America, the Barbershop Harmony Society, and the Performing Arts Medical Association (PAMA) laid out a sobering vision for the future of public...
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Coronavirus: Yep, 'The Simpsons' predicted murder hornets too

Coronavirus: Yep, 'The Simpsons' predicted murder hornets too | Virology News | Scoop.it
Bill Oakley, a writer on "The Simpsons," admitted on Twitter that perhaps the animated TV show did forecast some of our troubling current events.
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May 7, 2020 5:54 AM
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Five things to tell someone who insists coronavirus is just a bad flu - The Boston Globe

Five things to tell someone who insists coronavirus is just a bad flu - The Boston Globe | Virology News | Scoop.it
Here are a few reasons why those suggesting the novel coronavirus is no worse than the flu have got it all wrong.
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Combine cotton and silk for the best homemade mask

Combine cotton and silk for the best homemade mask | Virology News | Scoop.it
What fabric is best for a homemade mask? Researchers have found that a cotton and silk combination offers the best protection.
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May 5, 2020 6:00 AM
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The Dr. Fauci Of The 1918 Spanish Flu

The Dr. Fauci Of The 1918 Spanish Flu | Virology News | Scoop.it
More than a century ago, epidemiologist Dr. Thomas Tuttle prescribed face masks and social distancing to slow the influenza pandemic. He made a lot of enemies—but it worked.
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Global coronavirus cases surpass 3.5 million amid underreporting fears - Reuters

Global coronavirus cases surpass 3.5 million amid underreporting fears - Reuters | Virology News | Scoop.it
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 3.5 million on Monday and deaths neared a quarter of a million, according to a Reuters tally, concerning experts who fear substantial underreporting even as the rate of fatalities and new cases slows.
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Did 90,000 Americans have COVID-19 in early March?

Did 90,000 Americans have COVID-19 in early March? | Virology News | Scoop.it
A new COVID-19 model shows how many people over 65 with underlying conditions could be hospitalized. It also digs into underreporting of the pandemic.
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May 4, 2020 4:57 AM
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Coronavirus Vaccine: IIT Guwahati-Hester Biosciences join hands for development of Coronavirus vaccine in India

Coronavirus Vaccine: IIT Guwahati-Hester Biosciences join hands for development of Coronavirus vaccine in India | Virology News | Scoop.it
Education News: New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is collaborating with Hester Biosciences Limited, Ahmedabad, to work on the vaccine development aga.
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Moderna and Lonza Announce Worldwide Strategic Collaboration to Manufacture Moderna’s Vaccine (mRNA-1273) Against Novel Coronavirus

Collaboration goal to enable manufacturing of up to 1 billion doses per year Technology transfer expected to begin in June 2020 First batches of mRNA-1273 expected to be manufactured at Lonza U.S.in July 2020 Collaboration leverages Lonza’s worldwide expertise in technology transfer and...
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A conformation-based intra-molecular initiation factor identified in the flavivirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

A conformation-based intra-molecular initiation factor identified in the flavivirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase | Virology News | Scoop.it
Author summary The function of a protein is often dictated by a single defined fold, which in turn is determined by its amino acid sequences. However, multiple global conformations can be utilized by a protein to fulfill distinct functions under different circumstances.
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UQ vaccine demonstrates good immune response in pre-clinical models

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May 10, 2020 4:52 AM
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The Fluid Dynamics of How the Novel Coronavirus Moves Around

The Fluid Dynamics of How the Novel Coronavirus Moves Around | Virology News | Scoop.it
Fluid dynamicists have long been occupied by questions about how droplets generated when humans breathe, talk or cough break down, linger and travel in the air. Today, these questions – and their answers – are even more important as the world is confronted by a virus that has evolved to spread...
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91.5K influenza like cases found in Bengal

91.5K influenza like cases found in Bengal | Virology News | Scoop.it
West Bengal CM informed that 91,515 cases of Influenza-like Illness (ILI), 872 cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) were found...
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Can algae-based nasal spray prevent COVID-19?

Can algae-based nasal spray prevent COVID-19? | Virology News | Scoop.it
The nasal spray won't replace future COVID-19 vaccines, but could offer a first defense for people at high risk for contracting the virus, researchers say.
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The first batch of the US Corona vaccine was produced in July

The first batch of the US Corona vaccine was produced in July | Virology News | Scoop.it
Subscribe to receive the most important news The US Food and Drug Administration has agreed to start the second phase of clinical trials to test a Coronavirus vaccine produced by Moderna.And the A…...
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'Artificial leaf' splits water to make sustainable power

'Artificial leaf' splits water to make sustainable power | Virology News | Scoop.it
"What we have is an integrated module that turns sunlight into electricity that drives an electrochemical reaction.It utilizes water and sunlight to get chemical fuels."...
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How will COVID-19 change the world by 2025?

How will COVID-19 change the world by 2025? | Virology News | Scoop.it
This series of videos digs into how the COVID-19 pandemic might change the world over the next 5 years, including education, health care, and geopolitics.
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This article shows 3 experts speaking on topics such as health, education, and economy in a future vision, exposing the reality on these aspects and how everything will return to normality in 5 years.
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1918's Warning for Coronavirus Shutdown Protesters

1918's Warning for Coronavirus Shutdown Protesters | Virology News | Scoop.it
On Jan.25, 1919, nearly 2,000 San Franciscans showed up for a meeting of the Anti-Mask League—but loosing restrictions too early cost lives...
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World leaders pledge billions for virus vaccine research

World leaders pledge billions for virus vaccine research | Virology News | Scoop.it
BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders, organizations and banks on Monday pledged 7.4 billion euros ($8 billion) for research to find a vaccine against the new coronavirus, but warned that it is just the...
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Coronavirus: Vaccine closer as Israel completes identifies COVID-19 antibody

Israel claims to have completed the development phase of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the country's Def...
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Citrus tristeza virus: A large RNA virus with complex biology turned into a valuable tool for crop protection

Citrus tristeza virus: A large RNA virus with complex biology turned into a valuable tool for crop protection | Virology News | Scoop.it

Introduction Citrus tristeza virus (CTV), a member of the family Closteroviridae, represents one of the most intricate viruses with an overwhelmingly complex biology. From a standpoint of economic importance, CTV is regarded as the most destructive viral pathogen of citrus. During the past century, virus-induced epidemics of quick decline (Fig 1A), a disease, which was named “tristeza” after the Portuguese word for “sadness,” killed millions of trees in the citrus-growing areas in North and South America and the Mediterranean [1, 2]. These days, the virus still continues to threaten the citrus industries in many different regions around the world. From a research standpoint, CTV is one of the most challenging viruses to handle, which is due to the large size of its RNA genome, the fragile nature of the virions that have a shape of long flexuous thread-like filaments (Fig 1B and Fig 1C), and a narrow host range limited to slow-growing Citrus species in which the virus primarily infects phloem-associated cells. 

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Zika virus infects pericytes in the choroid plexus and enters the central nervous system through the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier

Zika virus infects pericytes in the choroid plexus and enters the central nervous system through the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier | Virology News | Scoop.it
Author summary Zika virus invades the human brains and causes Zika-associated neurological complications; however, the mechanism(s) by which Zika virus accesses the central nerves system remain unclear.
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May 1, 2020 7:10 AM
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Dr. Judy Mikovitis: COVID-19 has probably been in all flu vaccines since 2013/2015 UTTER BULLSHIT ALERT!!

Dr. Judy Mikovitis: COVID-19 has probably been in all flu vaccines since 2013/2015 UTTER BULLSHIT ALERT!! | Virology News | Scoop.it
  https://youtu.be/GJb-g8ZB4xo Dr. Mikovitis, former virologist at the U.S. Biological Warfare Lab, explains some startling truths: Wearing  a mask will make you sicker by forcing you to re-breathe the bacteria and viruses already in your respiratory system.
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