Common Cold Research Unit News Today

The old wives' tale continues to be popular, but is it just a myth?

In the May 22 issue of Frontline I had described the work of Dorothy Hamre, at the University of Chicago, on the discovery of coronaviruses (unnamed at that time) in the mid 1960s. In my search for the discoverer of coronavirus strain 229E, the first human pathogen identified for this new class of viruses, I ended on the hopeful note that we would soon obtain an authentic photograph of this largely unknown but pioneering scientist. That goal has now been reached, with the discovery of material d...

His invention of the electron capture detector enabled other scientists to identify the threat posed by CFCs to the ozone layer

A young Briton agreed to be infected with the coronavirus for a scientific study of the most consequential virus on the planet.

A cultural shift towards seeing all illness as something to be defeated needs to be resisted

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