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The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far

Since early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2. This was a valuable tool to understand better how the virus spread. In late 2020, the network detected a new virus lineage, 501Y.V2, which later became known as the beta variant.

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The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far
CUBA'S Lung Cancer Vaccine - Cimavax-EGF

CUBA'S Lung Cancer Vaccine - Cimavax-EGF

HAVANA, Cuba - A historic medical collaboration between Cuba and the United States of America by way of the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s collaboration, with the Centro de Inmunología...
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HEALTH | Nipah virus: could it cause the next pandemic?

HEALTH | Nipah virus: could it cause the next pandemic?

The severe and devastating consequences of the coronavirus pandemic were undoubtedly made worse by a substantial lack of pandemic preparedness, with the exception of East and South East Asia, which...
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