Are mRNA vaccines our way out of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Seán Dunphy discusses recent developments in COVID-19 vaccines. Image credit: Alexander Koch via Pixabay Vaccine development is complex and often...
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Fake science: an infodemic in a pandemic
Image credit: Kruthika Sundaram The pandemic brought the world to a halt, allowing for focus on important issues such as...
Sex differences in immune responses to COVID-19
Image credit: Kruthika Sundaram There are a broad range of COVID-19 symptoms, which widely differ in severity between patients. Age...
COVID-19: Unmasking the benefits of face masks
Masks could be more effective than earlier thought, blocking up to 99.9% of COVID-19 laden droplets released by infected patients...
Coronagenes: A study of the genes behind severe COVID-19
Image credit: Coronagenes, University of Edinburgh COVID-19 affects individuals in different ways. Some people are asymptomatic whereas others require intensive...
COVID-19, a disease of the blood vessels?
Image credit: Gerd Altmann, Pixabay. COVID-19 baffled doctors and scientists around the world with its strange symptoms and disproportionate mortality...
A coronavirus vaccine is desperately needed, but what are we willing to do to get it?
Tom Edwick dives into the ethics of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development. Image credit: Government of Prince Edward Island via Flickr As...
COVID-19 may trigger diabetes
Visualization of the COVID-19 virus. Image credit: Fusion Medical Animation, Unsplash There is emerging evidence that the relationship between COVID-19...
Dexamethasone: a steroid superhero?
With the US buying up the world’s stock of Remdesivir, will dexamethasone emerge as the wonder cure to save lives...