Scientists have discovered a new wild coronavirus that closely resembles Covid-19 and is located 1,000 miles from Wuhan. Named TyRo-CoV-162275, this virus has the same cleavage site that Covid-19 has been known for, raising the possibility that Covid-19 originated in the wild and not in a lab. Moreover, researchers also found that this new virus …
CRISPR Gene Editing Offers Hope for Curing HIV HIV, which was once a death sentence, may soon become a curable disease thanks to breakthroughs in gene editing. Researchers have injected three patients in California with genetic material and an enzyme called CAS9, which has the potential to eliminate sections of HIV DNA from human cells. …
Optimizing COVID Testing: When and How to Get Tested It’s that time of year again when upper respiratory infections like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and COVID are on the rise. However, figuring out which infection you have based on symptoms alone can be challenging. The best way to determine the infection is to get …
The coronavirus pandemic has reinforced the fear that things will never return to their former glory. However, the new album from the National addresses this concern in a unique and thought-provoking way. Despite their success and influence in the music industry, the band’s latest release, Laugh Track, delves into themes of decline and decay. The …
A former Google executive, Mustafa Suleyman, who was instrumental in Google’s exploration of artificial intelligence (AI), has expressed concerns about its potential misuse and the creation of deadly pandemics. Suleyman believes that AI can provide humans with access to information that can have catastrophic consequences, such as the accidental or intentional creation of highly contagious …
This spring and summer, bird breeding grounds have seen a decline in population. A significant number of Caspian terns at Lake Michigan vanished, and the flock of great skuas at the Hermaness reserve in Scotland may have shrunk by 90 percent. There have also been reports of thousands of pelicans dying in Peru and a …
Since the beginning of the pandemic, epidemiologists have been eagerly anticipating the coronavirus to conform to a typical seasonal pattern, with a peak in the winter and a lull in the summer. However, three and a half years into the outbreak, the virus continues to defy expectations. Recently, there has been a slow increase in …
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic engaged in an extensive grilling session lasting over three hours with virologists Kristian Andersen and Robert Garry. They were questioned regarding their alleged involvement in covering up the origins of the pandemic. Republican lawmakers focused on evidence suggesting that Andersen, Garry, and other researchers initially suspected the …
A Mississauga couple is still searching for answers a year after their newborn daughter received the incorrect breast milk while in the neonatal intensive care unit at a Toronto hospital. Gabriele Forneris, the father, expressed his frustration, questioning the safety of the system that allowed this mistake to occur. Their daughter, who was born prematurely …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially ended the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has been in place since January 2020. While the virus will continue to pose a threat, the WHO has stated that it is time for countries to shift their perspective and move away from treating it as a global …