A vaccine designed to protect against three different deadly coronaviruses shows success in mouse studies, demonstrating the viability of a pan-coronavirus vaccine developed by researchers at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute.
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Researchers from North Carolina State University identified and addressed a flaw in a commonly used pandemic model that can cause the model to severely underestimate disease spread. By modifying parts of an existing model, the researchers substantially improved its accuracy when compared to real world data on the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
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A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University compared wastewater monitoring and two other COVID-19 surveillance approaches in Raleigh, N.C., during the start of the pandemic. They found that wastewater and syndromic surveillance monitoring are useful complements to lab-confirmed case surveillance.
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In laboratory and primate tests, a new pan-coronavirus vaccine developed by the Duke Human Vaccine Institute has demonstrated wide protection against SARS-CoV-2 viruses and variants,
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In what is believed to be a first, a research team led by Duke Health has demonstrated a way to use CRISPR technology to successfully prevent and treat COVID infections.
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Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 appear to escape antibody responses among both people who had previous Covid-19 infection and those who have been fully vaccinated and boosted, according to new data from researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, of Harvard Medical School. However, Covid-19 vaccination is still expected to provide substantial protection.
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With COVID-19 cases again on the rise and flu still a threat, Labcorp has received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a new combination at-home test kit that targets not only COVID-19 but infleunza and a respiratory virus that is a threat to children.
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COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in North Carolina – especially across the Triangle – but a new study reports that the state is the second safest in the country from the pandemic.
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With prices seemingly on the rise everywhere you turn, Dr. Mike Walden, an economist and professor at North Carolina State University, believes we could be headed for another recession by the end of the year.
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