Viruses
Total 4 Posts
Where is the next COVID variant, pi?
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After a year of omicron variants, will we ever see a new variant of concern? A virologist explains why omicron is continuing to dominate.
‘Tomato flu’ outbreak in India – Here’s what it really is
4 min read
Swabs from two children in the UK reveal the cause of a mysterious illness that is currently spreading in India, the ‘Tomato flu’.
How the monkeypox epidemic is likely to play out – in four graphs.
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Possible outcomes of the current monkeypox epidemic under four different scenarios.
Monkeypox may not mutate as fast as coronaviruses, but that doesn’t mean it can’t adapt to its new hosts.
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Monkeypox may not churn out variants at the rate of COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean we can rest easy.