Mark Johnson

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House votes unanimously to declassify U.S. intelligence on covid origins

If the bill is signed, the information about the source of the virus would have to be released within 90 days

How will ‘couch potato’ humans evolve? Idle cavefish offer clues.

Thousands of years after floods washed a species of fish into dark Mexican caves, genetic changes reset their metabolism to suit their new sedentary lifestyle.

Coronavirus variants are dodging antibody treatments. New lab-made options may help.

Some variants are dodging antibody therapies, but the next generation of treatments may help by targeting a different, more stable part of the rapidly mutating virus.

Covid uses our proteins against us. A new strategy seeks to block that.

Scientists are exploring treatments that would remain effective regardless of how the virus evolves.

Transplant of human brain tissue into rats could help study autism, other disorders

The approach is expected to enable new research into epilepsy, schizophrenia and intellectual disabilities.

Five things about covid we still don’t understand at our peril

Unlocking these secrets might arm us with new strategies to protect ourselves and stop the next pandemic

Covid-19 in seniors linked to increased Alzheimer’s risk, study finds

Researchers find a correlation with new-onset dementia in an analysis of more than six million health records.

Obamacare can’t require coverage for some HIV drugs, federal judge rules

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that requiring coverage of an HIV prevention drug under the Affordable Care Act violates a Texas employer’s religious freedom.

Covid, monkeypox, polio: Summer of viruses reflects travel, warming trends

“We are the invaders of the viral world, not vice versa,” a virologist says.

World ignored monkeypox threats, including signs of sexual transmission

Reports from Nigeria beginning in 2017 suggested the virus appeared to be spreading through sexual contact and affecting mostly young men.