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COVID Pandemic Fatigue Has Left the U.S. Vulnerable to New Threats
The “quarantine fatigue” of 2020 became an ongoing “pandemic fatigue,” a complex set of emotions that continues to affect the ...
How the pandemic’s narratives are still unfolding, five years on
Much has changed in the five years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID a pandemic. Although COVID has ...
National Academies8h
AI Tools Can Enhance U.S. Biosecurity; Monitoring and Mitigation Will Be Needed to Protect Against Misuse
A new National Academies report recommends ways for the U.S. to reap the benefits of artificial intelligence in biotechnology ...
‘The virus is spreading silently’: What we saw at the onset of the pandemic
The shadow of the Washington Monument towers over “In America: Remember,” an art installation that features flags for every U ...
Frontline25d
Is the world ready for another pandemic?
Experts warn of looming "Disease X" as world fails to learn from COVID-19, risking another devastating pandemic.
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How wastewater data has evolved since 5 years after the pandemic began
When Covid first hit the U.S. in 2020, the Cambridge-based company Biobot Analytics quickly rose to national prominence with it's disease tracking technology.
COVID-19 is latest epidemic to show that biomedical breakthroughs aren’t enough to eliminate a disease
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat that has killed over 7 million people ...
We Need a Reminder of What the Pre-Vaccine Era Was Like
Data on the number of cases for these diseases from the pre-vaccine era is hard to come by, and even the case counts are ...
5 years of COVID-19 shows need for coordination as CDC, NIH, WHO face threats
While public opinions of the CDC and the WHO shifted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, recent survey results indicate that ...
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Zika's Secret: Virus Tunnels from Mother to Fetus
In 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus triggered an epidemic in the Americas. People infected with Zika, typically via a mosquito ...
The Pandemic Turns 5. We Are Still Not Prepared for the Next One
Thankfully, in 2025, the days of lockdowns and quarantines now seem a distant memory for many—even though the physical, ...