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How might climate change affect the spread of viruses?
Predicting how future climate change will influence the spread of viral infections is fraught with difficulty. This is due to the complexity of interactions between climate, nature, and human activity.But annual fluctuations in some viral infections, such as seasonal...
Social distancing, drug trials offer hope
The number of COVID-19 cases around the world has just passed 1 million, and it may seem as though this pandemic will never go away. It is important to remember that, in their labs, scientists are making quiet progress every day — helping untangle the causes of this...
Could COVID-19 impact great apes?
A recent commentary, penned by a group of conservation and primate experts, asks the international community to take action to protect the great apes from potential SARS-CoV-2 infection.The COVID-19 pandemic has touched almost every corner of the globe. Authorities...