The Federal Emergency Management Agency warned last year that a pandemic caused by a novel strain of influenza would cripple…
On March 12, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. A pandemic occurs when a new…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently granted an “emergency use authorization” of a blood test for antibodies against SARS-CoV-2,…
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As far back as Icarus's ill-fated aviation attempt, humans have looked to birds for inspiration in our airborne endeavors. But…
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Deep beneath the frozen surface of the Arctic swims a sea unicorn. In reality, it's a whale with a spiral…
As the United States struggles to test people for COVID-19, academic laboratories that are ready and able to run diagnostics…
