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Category: Virology

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How do Coronaviruses work?

Posted on March 25, 2020

     Let’s talk about Coronaviruses. Coronaviruses are a whole family of viruses, and they cause all kinds of diseases in chickens, pigs, cows, and many other animals. They’ve also […]

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How to Make the Flu Vaccine Better

Posted on February 20, 2017

Have you ever gotten the flu vaccine but still gotten the flu? We make about 160 million vaccine doses every year in the US, but they vary in effectiveness from year […]

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Is There Already a Zika Treatment?

Posted on December 7, 2016

Humans contract zika via mosquito or through sexual contact. While most people recover from infection, it can have some intense side-effects for pregnant women. We know that infection during pregnancy comes with […]

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Why Haven’t We Cured HIV yet?

Posted on September 7, 2016

Millions of people in the world are living with HIV. Scientists have been researching this virus for over 30 years and all we have are subpar treatments. Why is that the best we have? Why haven’t we cured HIV yet?

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