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The brains of mice carrying different mutations in the autism-linked gene TBR1 display different molecular changes yet similar structural changes, resembling those previously found in autistic people with TBR1 mutations.
This study of fully vaccinated health care workers examines antibody levels and variant cross-neutralization after COVID-19 breakthrough infection.
The delta variant is spreading quickly among people who are not vaccinated. Author: Pat Dooris Updated: 6:11 PM PDT July 29, 2021 PORTLAND, Oregon — The surging delta variant of COVID-19 makes up at least 88% of all cases in Oregon, according to Brian O’Roak, a co-leader of Oregon Health and Sciences University’s (OHSU) Genome Sequencing Center. The center is currently studying and tracing different variants of COVID-19 in the state. The delta variant is an descendant of the novel coronavirus first detected in Oregon 16 months ago. There is reason to f...
Credit U.S. Dept. of Energy / Flickr.com “My message today is to people who have not yet been vaccinated: You are in harm’s way,” state epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger said at a Thursday press conference. Statewide, case rates, test positivity rates and hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are all rising; a reversal that comes just months after the state beat back a wave of infections due to the alpha or UK variant, and weeks after Oregon fully reopened its economy. Between June 1 and July 1, the daily average number of cases more than doubled, from 181 per day to 378 per day, Sidelinger...
Apoorva Mandavilli and Benjamin Mueller, The New York Times Published: 15 Jul 2021 09:29 AM BdST Updated: 15 Jul 2021 09:29 AM BdST People with placards spelling the words thank you, honouring essential workers who the kept city running through the pandemic. The New York Times Even as many Americans celebrate the apparent waning of the pandemic, the thrum of concern over the so-called Delta variant grows steadily louder. "); } The variant, the most contagious version yet of the coronavirus, accounts for mor...