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The Debilitating Puzzle Box of Long COVID

4 Feb 2022

Imagine sitting in front of 40,000 tiny pieces that you have to assemble into a jigsaw puzzle. Except that some of these pieces may belong to a different puzzle. There is no box to tell you what...

Do Bad Viruses Always Become Good Guys in the End?

18 Dec 2021

In our social media age, talk of virulence has gone viral, with most of us atwitter about the course the new coronavirus is taking. As novel variants move up the ladder of concern, we are left...

The Great COVID-19 Immunity Test Kit

23 Oct 2021

The kit arrives in the mail. You swab the inside of your cheek and mail it back. Two weeks later, the company emails you a report. You are told you have a 2% risk of getting COVID-19 and a 5%...

The World’s Second Best Molecule of the Year

12 Feb 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has made visible so many unsung heroes. Essential workers, parents who must work from home and care for their children, healthcare personnel. But there is one hero whose...

A COVID-19 Vaccine - Betting on the Hare or the Tortoise?

9 Sep 2020

The race is on! Pharmaceutical companies and assorted academic researchers around the world are engaged in the quest for the current version of the Holy Grail, a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2...

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