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The term “gain of function” is often taken to refer to research with viruses that puts society at risk of an infectious disease outbreak for questionable gain. Some research on emerging viruses can result in variants that gain the ability to infect people but this does not necessarily mean the…

Symptomatic long COVID may be associated with self-perceived cognitive difficulties such as memory problems

A recent surge of migrants in the Brownsville, Texas, area of the U.S.-Mexico border is highlighting immigration challenges as the U.S. prepares for the end of a policy linked to the coronavirus pandemic that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants

Can long Covid make it harder to identify acquaintances, friends, even close relatives? Scientists are investigating a possible link

The former boss of a Melbourne aged-care home says the facility had processes to protect against a COVID outbreak before resident deaths.

XBB.1.16 strain detected in 34 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India

78% of new CEOs during the COVID era were internal promotions, says Heidrick & Struggles’ Bonnie Gwin.

PCR testing in December 2021 and January 2022 was "armageddon".

(This May 8 story has been corrected to change Alfred Wu's title to associate professor, not associate dean, in paragraph 5)

India on Monday recorded 1,839 fresh COVID-19 infections, while the number of active cases came down to 25,178 from 27,212 the day before, according to Union health ministry data.

Recent land and forest fires have brought haze back after several years of relatively clear skies, which coincided with Covid-19 slowdowns.