This will come as news to none of you, but in the very off chance you’ve been on a media diet, now hear this: the latest iteration of the coronavirus is not, in fact, associated in any way with the Mexican beer best known for its affinity to limes and salt. The new...
Controlling A Killer, One Step At A time Last week, we reviewed the lifecycle of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Learning how the virus grows and develops has been crucial to developing medicines that control HIV infection. This knowledge has enabled drug...
World AIDS Day: Understanding HIV December 1 marked World AIDS Day, an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. According to UNAIDS, 37.9 million people globally were...
Squash That Bug The flu. Need we say more? Why yes. Yes, we do! Last week, we examined all things flu: we talked about the influenza virus structure, how the pesky pathogen makes us feel so lousy, and why the vaccine’s effectiveness isn’t always up to sniff, er,...
Influenza: So S’not Funny Happy Flu Season! A throbbing headache, fever, chills—if you’ve ever enjoyed a few days off courtesy of influenza, you’ve got good reason to embrace the simple flu shot. Every year, millions of us roll up our sleeves and take our medicine....
Hepatitis Viruses Explained Curing disease is serious business. Lou Reed, the infamous leader of the rock band Velvet Underground, died in 2013 of complications from hepatitis C and liver disease. Death is the most profound fear for people living with hepatitis C, but...
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