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Pedestrians wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk in a shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

South Korea’s COVID Success Stems From Earlier Lessons in Managing MERS

Jiyeon Kim and Neil Richards 27/02/2021

South Korea used effective contact tracing and public communication...

Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team don personal protection suits during a visit at the Hubei Animal Epidemic Disease Prevention and Control Center in Wuhan

Why Does the Idea That SARS-CoV-2 Came From a Lab Persist?

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/02/2021

By controlling every aspect of the origins investigation, the...

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The Names We Use to Describe Our Diseases – A Story From Colonial India

Sergio Infante 02/08/2020

In the autumn of 1817, a mysterious intestinal disease...

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The Effect of Using Face-Masks and Other Protection on COVID-19 Transmission

Atanu Biswas 16/06/2020

Face-masks are now becoming an integral part of our...

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What Does Immunity Against COVID-19 Really Mean?

Shravanti Suresh 09/06/2020

There are many open questions about COVID-19 that need...

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COVID-19: What Is Convalescent Plasma?

Dr Atif Irfan Khan 24/04/2020

Convalescent plasma has been approved for clinical trials in...

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What Does ‘Recovered From Coronavirus’ Mean?

Tom Duszynski 10/04/2020

Officially, not that many people have recovered from the...