In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve heard a lot about gain-of-function research, and some of its risks, particularly regarding the possible creation of dangerous pathogens. But there’s a lot ...

A team of European scientists say they have found two genetic variations that may show who is more likely to get very sick and die from the coronavirus, and they say they have also found a link to ...

Allen Cheng receives funding from the Australian government for respiratory virus surveillance, and from the National Health and Medical Research Council. He is a member of the Communicable Diseases ...

Surveillance of certain bacterial pathogens was maintained in Germany despite a reduction in sample submissions during the first part of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the Robert Koch-Institut ...

President Biden got his updated booster shot on camera on Tuesday and encouraged everyone else to do so if they haven’t already, as winter approaches. “Some of our friends in Congress say we don’t ...