Image courtesy of Pikist. In the mad dash for COVID-19 antiviral treatments, one shortcut might help researchers avoid the typically long and expensive process of
Artwork by Ellie Gabriel. If you’re young, you might think you’re safe from the more life-threatening effects of COVID-19. But two recent studies published in
Art by Sophia Zhao. Can scientists predict how severely you’ll respond to COVID-19? A large coalition of researchers from Spain and Italy, studying DNA of
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Male patients account for 60% of COVID-19 deaths globally, and studies have shown that they are two times more likely
Image courtesy of Anusha Bishop The doctors were stumped. The nine-year-old girl in front of them, who would later be code-named patient A.1, was anemic
Humans have a complicated relationship with bacteria. Some are “germs,” pesky agents of infection that infiltrate us from the outside. Others live inside us as
Imagine if we could turn all the world’s saltwater into drinking water using a simple filter with tiny pores to catch salt particles. Such purification