Monthly Archives: March 2023

By Simons Foundation March 1, 2023 A new method can quickly diagnose COVID-19 more accurately than existing approaches. The technique is based on how the body expresses genes in response to infections. When a gene is expressed, different segments of the gene create different mRNA isoforms. The mix of those isoforms changes the types of […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – Kentucky lawmakers have advanced a bill dealing with COVID-19 vaccine requirements for school children.If made law, House Bill 101 would prevent the Kentucky Department of Education from requiring students to get a COVID-19 shot.Rep. Shawn McPherson, R-Scottsville, one of the bill’s sponsors, says HB 101 makes it clear that “no person, […]

FBI Director Christopher Wray has said that the bureau believes Covid-19 most likely originated in a Chinese government-controlled lab."The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident," he told Fox News.It is the first public confirmation of the FBI's classified judgement of […]

Public Health  |  Research  |  Social science  |  UW News blog November 2, 2022 UW News Infants whose mothers test positive for COVID-19 tend to develop less-severe symptoms than their parents, if they become infected with the virus at all.In one of the first studies to explore how COVID-19 specifically affects older infants, researchers from the […]

MenuThe FBI said it concluded that COVID-19 likely originated from a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China, the bureau’s director Christopher Wray announced late Tuesday.The assessment came following years of debate as other government officials have suggested that the virus likely came from a wet market in the region.“The FBI has for quite some time now […]

Everyone has their sick days, but “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s began in the middle of her workday.Guthrie abruptly left the set of the morning show Tuesday after receiving results of a positive COVID-19 test, co-hosts Sheinelle Jones, Al Roker and Carson Daly told viewers.“It has been an interesting morning for us,” Jones said. “Savannah left early. She […]

Sign in or Subscribe See Offers Lawmakers said current science is clear and the university should follow the lead of the state's community colleges. AUGUSTA — Education Committee Republicans are calling on the publicly funded University of Maine System to follow the lead of Maine’s Community College System and drop the requirement that all students […]

The Energy Department has now concluded with “low confidence” that the COVID-19 pandemic most likely began after an unintentional laboratory leak in China, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited a classified intelligence report provided to the White House and members of Congress.There are two competing theories about what started the COVID-19 pandemic in China: that the virus […]

A South Florida man has been sentenced to six years and two months in federal prison for trying to obtain more than $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds by filing false loan applicationsFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A South Florida man was sentenced Wednesday to six years and two months in federal prison for trying to […]

Assessment Covid-19 leaked from Chinese lab is a minority view within US intel community, sources say  CNNsource