Tag: SARS-CoV-2
The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here’s how we know the virus came from a Wuhan market
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My colleagues and I published the most detailed studies of the earliest events in the COVID-19 pandemic last month in the journal Science.
Together, these papers...
Should we be worried about our pet cats and dogs getting COVID?
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID, originated from bats and then, probably after passing through an intermediary host, gained the...
Why are there so many new Omicron sub-variants, like BA.4 and BA.5? Will I be reinfected? Is the virus mutating faster?
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By now, many of us will be familiar with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. This variant of concern has changed...
Could I have had COVID and not realised it?
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It seems not a day goes by without learning someone in our inner circle of family, friends and colleagues has COVID. When we...
Here’s why you might need a 4th COVID vaccine dose this winter
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When I began drafting this article, COVID cases in Australia were coming down and the situation was stabilising.
New research released in February...
Taking COVID pills at home sounds great. But we need to use them wisely or risk drug resistance and new variants
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GPs can now prescribe antiviral pills for some of their vulnerable COVID-19 patients to take at home. More patients are expected to have access in coming weeks and...