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The hunt for a universal Covid-19 vaccine The first Covid-19 vaccines that work on all variants might be available as early as 2024. David Cox BBC_Future

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"A universal coronavirus vaccine would be a tremendous advance," says Wayne Koff, president and CEO of the Human Vaccines Project. "My expectation is that progress likely will be incremental, though there needs to be a major coordinated effort to achieve this goal."...

WHO renames lineages of monkeypox, moving away from geographic links The World Health Organization has renamed the two branches of the monkeypox virus, moving away from identifying them with geographic titles and instead giving them Roman numerals. Andrew Joseph STAT

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From now on, the Central African, or Congo Basin, clade will be known as Clade I, while the West African clade will be Clade II, the WHO said. Clade I is considered to be more severe...

Questions About Monkeypox? Duke Experts Offer Answers Testing, up-to-date vax, and fact-based messaging can help manage this public health emergency Shannon Firth medpagetoday

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Over a period of 2-3 weeks, the blisters will dry out, the dead skin will peel, and once the blisters have healed, "that's when we think people are no longer infectious," he noted...

Covid has settled into a persistent pattern — and remains damaging. It may not change anytime soon Our tussle with Covid-19 — after a harrowing introduction and then wave upon wave of infections — seems to have settled into a persistent pattern. It may stay that way for a while. Andrew Joseph STAT

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