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VGstockstudio/Shutterstock Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford; Jose-Luis Jimenez, University of Colorado Boulder; Shelly Miller, University of Colorado Boulder, and Zhe Peng, University of Colorado Boulder Two years into the pandemic, most of us are fed up. COVID case rates are higher than they’ve ever been and hospitalisation rates are once again rising rapidly in many countries. Against this bleak picture, …

Pourquoi les dosages des vaccins sont différents chez les enfants et les adultes Brian Peppers, West Virginia University À la naissance, notre espèce est particulièrement vulnérable et le développement entamé dans le ventre maternel se poursuit lors de nos premières années de vie. À tous les niveaux. Tout comme nous devons apprendre à marcher, notre système immunitaire doit, lui, apprendre à se …

Shutterstock / Jens Rother Sergio Ferrer Pérez, The Conversation El año pasado dejamos a nuestros protagonistas, la población entera del planeta Tierra, acorralados ante un nuevo coronavirus. Parecían a punto de ser derrotados por la pandemia de covid-19 cuando llegaron las primeras vacunas. Justo cuando terminaba 2020, las primeras dosis comenzaron a ser inyectadas en los brazos de algunos afortunados. …

Shutterstock / Billion Photos José A. Plaza, Instituto de Salud Carlos III Se cumplen dos años del comienzo de la pandemia del SARS-CoV-2 y la COVID-19. La ciencia nunca había sido tan prolífica, ni tan mediática, durante tanto tiempo ni con tanta intensidad, una realidad que puede influir en cómo se desarrollan algunos cambios –que ya venían produciéndose o que …

i viewfinder/Shutterstock Mostafa Rateb, University of the West of Scotland If you have a cold, don’t ask your doctor for antibiotics – that’s the golden rule. They’re for bacterial infections, not viral ones. We’re told not only that they won’t work, but that by using antibiotics when they aren’t needed, we’re helping bacteria become resistant to them. Yet in a …

zstock/Shutterstock Angela Beckett, University of Portsmouth and Samuel Robson, University of Portsmouth If the pandemic had happened ten years ago, what would it have looked like? Doubtless there would have been many differences, but probably the most striking would have been the relative lack of genomic sequencing. This is where the entire genetic code – or “genome” – of the …

The Omicron variant has been confirmed in all continents except Antarctica. (Pixabay/Canva) Dasantila Golemi-Kotra, York University, Canada Omicron, the first COVID-19 variant to have been upgraded to a variant of concern (VOC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) in a matter of days, came on the radar of the Lancet Laboratory in South Africa, on Nov. 8, although it is …

South Asians in Canada have reported some of the highest mental health issues this year. Listen to our podcast where we discuss the challenges associated with the pressure of being a ‘model minority.’ (Shutterstock) Nawal Mustafa, University of Windsor A silent mental health crisis exists among South Asian communities. Many studies have shown that South Asian immigrants in Canada, the …

Ben Krishna, University of Cambridge It is controversial whether viruses are alive, but – like all living things – they do evolve. This fact has become abundantly clear during the pandemic, as new variants of concern have emerged every few months. Some of these variants have been better at spreading from person to person, eventually becoming dominant as they out-compete …

For many parents, the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine authorization for younger kids can’t come soon enough. Vladimir Vladimirov/E+ via Getty Images Debbie-Ann Shirley, University of Virginia Elementary school children in the United States will soon have one more layer of protection to keep them safe from COVID-19. On Oct. 29, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of the …