Covid silver lining: Unprecedented look at human immune system
The pandemic offered the first-ever opportunity for scientists to study how the immune system responds to a new threat, in real time, in the global population.
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The pandemic offered the first-ever opportunity for scientists to study how the immune system responds to a new threat, in real time, in the global population.
Some scientists have taken on an increasingly difficult task: estimating vaccine effectiveness in a crowded respiratory milieu.
Rat droppings from New York City. Poop from dog parks in Wisconsin. Human waste from a Missouri hospital. These are some of the materials that are readying us for the next chapter of the coronavirus saga. More than four years into the pandemic, the virus has loosened its hold on most people’s bodies and minds. But a new variant better able to dodge our immune defenses may yet appear, derailing a hard-won return to normalcy. Scientists around the country are watching for the first signs. Sign up
/PRNewswire/ -- The Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), and the University of Washington (UW) today announced the launch of the Seattle Hub...
The eventual answers to these Covid mysteries will determine our relationship with Covid and and how we'll fight a future pandemic.