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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.

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Taiwanese GDP in 2020: "It will probably be the strongest growth in the world".
Le PIB taïwanais devrait enregistrer une croissance de 2,5% en 2020, un contraste frappant avec les récessions qui frappent la plupart...
David Ojcius
Dec 25, 20201 min read


Vaccines will work against new coronavirus variants spreading through UK & South Africa, say experts
Coronavirus mutations identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa may be provoking alarm, but infectious-disease experts are...
David Ojcius
Dec 25, 20201 min read


COVID immunity lasts at least eight months, new data reveals
Researchers reveal that people infected with the #coronavirus have immune memory to protect against reinfection for >8 months. The...
David Ojcius
Dec 24, 20201 min read


Neuroscientists isolate promising mini antibodies against COVID-19 from a llama
Researchers have isolated a set of promising nanobodies against #SARSCoV2 that were produced by a llama. Preliminary results suggest that...
David Ojcius
Dec 22, 20201 min read


How Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine Works
Moderna developed a #coronavirus vaccine known as mRNA-1273. A clinical trial demonstrated that the vaccine has an efficacy rate of 94.1...
David Ojcius
Dec 19, 20201 min read


“You Do Not Want to Mess With This Virus” – Research Suggests COVID-19 Virus Enters the Brain
More and more evidence is coming out that people with #COVID19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue....
David Ojcius
Dec 18, 20201 min read


Twitter to remove tweets that spread lies about Covid vaccines
‘Anti-vaxxer’ misinformation to be tackled from next week, and conspiracy theories from 2021 Twitter will remove tweets that spread...
David Ojcius
Dec 18, 20201 min read


Virtual special issue on the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
Virtual special issue on the novel #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 Articles on #COVID19 published in Microbes and Infection...
David Ojcius
Dec 17, 20201 min read


What we know about Moderna's coronavirus vaccine and how it differs from Pfizer's
Both vaccines rely on mRNA to work, although with slightly different structures & makeup. Moderna's coronavirus vaccine candidate is...
David Ojcius
Dec 17, 20201 min read


French President Macron tests positive for the coronavirus after showing symptoms
French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for the coronavirus & has mild symptoms. Macron will now self-isolate for the next 7...
David Ojcius
Dec 17, 20201 min read


COVID-19 - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology
What is #COVID19? The coronaviruses that circulate among humans are typically benign, and they cause about a quarter of all common cold...
David Ojcius
Dec 16, 20201 min read


FDA review clears path for second coronavirus vaccine, this one developed by Moderna
By the end of the week, the US could have 2 #coronavirus vaccines. An FDA review clears path for the coronavirus vaccine, developed by...
David Ojcius
Dec 15, 20201 min read


US begins distribution of Pfizer vaccine against COVID19.
High-risk health care workers are expected to be given priority. In the UK, doctors start receiving doses to give to patients as the...
David Ojcius
Dec 14, 20201 min read


Multi-Omics Resolves a Sharp Disease-State Shift between Mild and Moderate COVID-19
Analysis of serial blood from 139 COVID-19 patients reveals immune coordination A major immunological shift is seen between mild and...
David Ojcius
Dec 13, 20201 min read


Covid’s U.S. toll: Nearly 300,000 dead and a stalemate between fatalism and hope
US #COVID19 deaths soared from 250,000 to ~300,000 in just 4 weeks. The year of the #coronavirus is ending as the pandemic began, with...
David Ojcius
Dec 13, 20201 min read


2020 Was Especially Deadly in the US. Covid Wasn’t the Only Culprit.
The year 2020 has been abnormal for mortalities. At least 356,000 more people in the US have died than usual since the #coronavirus...
David Ojcius
Dec 13, 20201 min read


Genetic Discovery Leads to Potential New COVID-19 Treatments
5 genes involved in antiviral immunity & lung #inflammation identified as associated with severe forms of #COVID19. IFNAR2, TYK2, OAS1,...
David Ojcius
Dec 12, 20201 min read


The Coronavirus, Bats and Us
They probably spread the #coronavirus that’s killing humans. We almost certainly spread the fungus that’s killing them. "Bat viruses...
David Ojcius
Dec 11, 20201 min read


Phytochemicals against SARS-CoV-2 as potential drug leads
The newly emerged #SARSCoV2 strains from the #coronavirus (CoV) family is causing one of the most disruptive pandemics of the past...
David Ojcius
Dec 10, 20201 min read


How the novel #coronavirus evolved
As the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 swept across the world and killed more than 1.5 million in the past year, it has mutated into several major...
David Ojcius
Dec 10, 20201 min read
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