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estimates 40 percent of all cases are asymptomatic. In some isolated outbreaks in prisons and food processing plants where thousands of people contracted COVID-19, as many as 94 percent of infected individuals presented no symptoms. The Washington Post spoke to experts and suggested four possible reasons as to why, though it's important to note the…

It won't be a slam dunk for vaccines to turn the tide against the pandemic. A safe and effective vaccine would be a shot in the arm for a world that's grown weary of the COVID-19 pandemic. The good news is that there's a lot of work going on to produce just such a vaccine.…

Imagine a world where your ability to get a job, housing or a loan depends on passing a blood test. You are confined to your home and locked out of society if you lack certain antibodies.It has happened before. For most of the nineteenth century, immunity to yellow fever divided people in New Orleans, Louisiana,…

Share on PinterestThis Special Feature looks at some recent developments in the global scientific community’s fight against the coronavirus.What are the shining beacons at this uncertain time? This is a question that we, at MNT, have been asking ourselves.To try to answer it, every other week, we review the latest coronavirus research and present our…

Technology | Analysis 17 April 2020 By Adam Vaughan How useful are apps for containing coronavirus outbreaks?Steve Taylor / SOPA Images/Sipa USA As countries search for ways to exit lockdown and avoid or manage a second wave of covid-19 cases, many have turned to the promise held by contact tracing apps. In a rare display…