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Coronavirus research news archive
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Research News
2025
2024
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COVID-19 inflammatory signature in a Mozambican cohort: unchanged red blood series and reduced levels of IL-6 and other proinflammatory cytokines
BMC Infectious Diseases, November 11, 2024 -
Routine lab tests are not a reliable way to diagnose long COVID
NIH news, August 12, 2024 -
Study suggests reinfections from the virus that causes COVID-19 likely have similar severity as original infection
NIH news, July 11, 2024 -
Strategies to Enhance COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Prioritized Groups, Uganda–Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Future Pandemics
Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2024 -
Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Post–COVID-19 Condition during Omicron BA.5–Dominant Wave, Japan
Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2024
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NIH-sponsored trial of nasal COVID-19 vaccine opens
NIH News, July 1, 2024 -
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Kakuma Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, 2020–2021
Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2024 -
Melioidosis in Patients with COVID-19 Exposed to Contaminated Tap Water, Thailand, 2021
Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2024 -
How lung distress from SARS-CoV-2 can cause heart damage
NIH Research Matters, April 2, 2024
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Severe lung infection during COVID-19 can cause damage to the heart
NHLBI news, March 20, 2024 -
SARS-CoV-2 fragments may cause problems after infectionNIH Research Matters, February 27, 2024
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COVID-19 vaccination and boosting during pregnancy protects infants for six months
NIH/NIAID news, February 14, 2024
2023
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What We Learned from Covid Response
NIH Record, December 8, 2023 -
Examining the impact of COVID-19 on mortality in the U.S.
Global Health Matters, November/December 2023 -
Studying COVID-19 in South Africa sheds light on how immunity contributes to variant success
Global Health Matters, November/December 2023 -
Study reveals how young children's immune systems tame SARS-CoV-2
NIH/NIAID news, October 13, 2023
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Ohio State Scientists Evaluate Role of Deer in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
NIAID blog, August 28, 2023 -
SARS-CoV-2 can cause lasting damage to cells’ energy production
NIH Research Matters, August 22, 2023 -
COVID-19 vaccination and boosting during pregnancy benefits pregnant people and newborns
NIH/NIAID news, August 11, 2023
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Genetic variant associated with absence of COVID-19 symptoms
NIH Research Matters, August 8, 2023
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NIH launches long COVID clinical trials through RECOVER Initiative, opening enrollment
HHS/NIH news, July 31, 2023 -
Project NextGen — Defeating SARS-CoV-2 and Preparing for the Next Pandemic, authored by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha
New England Journal of Medicine, July 26, 2023 -
Research in Context: Progress toward universal vaccines
NIH Research Matters, July 25, 2023
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Designing a SARS-CoV-2 decoy
NIH Catalyst, June 13, 2023 -
NIH study identifies features of Long COVID neurological symptoms
NIH/NINDS news, May 5, 2023 -
Biomarker pattern found in kids with COVID 19-linked inflammatory syndrome
NIH/NICHD news, April 25, 2023 -
SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response to vaccination
NIH/NIAID news March 20, 2023 -
Inhalable hydrogel protects lungs from SARS-CoV-2
NIH Research Matters, March 7, 2023 -
Direct and indirect mortality impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March 1, 2020 to January 1, 2022, co-authored by Fogarty's Cécile Viboud
elife, Feburary 22, 2023 -
The NIH-led research response to COVID-19
Science, February 2, 2023
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Developing mucosal vaccines for respiratory viruses
NIH/NIAID news, January 11, 2023 -
Paxlovid reduces serious risks from Omicron variants
NIH Research Matters, January 10, 2023
Fogarty Staff Publications
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Fine-scale patterns of SARS-CoV-2 spread from identical pathogen sequences
Nature, March 5, 2025 -
Evaluation of the US COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub for informing pandemic response under uncertainty, co-authored by Fogarty’s Cécile Viboud
Nature Communications, November 20, 2023 -
A comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 review, Part 2: host extracellular to systemic effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection, co-authored by Fogarty’s Nídia Trovão
European Journal of Human Genetics, November 8, 2023
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Evolutionary and spatiotemporal analyses reveal multiple introductions and cryptic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 VOC/VOI in Malta, co-authored by Fogarty's Nídia S. Trovão
Microbiology Spectrum, October 6, 2023
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Core mitochondrial genes are down-regulated during SARS-CoV-2 infection of rodent and human hosts, co-authored by Fogarty’s Nídia S. Trovão
Science Translational Medicine, August 9, 2023
- Sequential viral introductions and spread of BA.1 across Pakistan provinces during the Omicron wave, co-authored by Fogarty’s Nídia S. Trovão, David Spiro, and Zeba Rasmussen
BMC Genomics, August 3, 2023 -
Behavioral factors and SARS-CoV-2 transmission heterogeneity within a household cohort in Costa Rica, co-authored by Fogarty’s Kaiyuan Sun
Communications Medicine, July 22, 2023
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Rapidly shifting immunologic landscape and severity of SARS-CoV-2 in the Omicron era in South Africa, co-authored by Fogarty’s Kaiyuan Sun & Cécile Viboud
Nature Communications, January 16, 2023
Fogarty Grant Recipient & Trainee Publications
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Rapid dynamic changes of FL.2 variant: A case report of COVID-19 breakthrough infection, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipients Roger Shapiro, Joseph Makhema, and Shahin Lockman, and trainees Sikhulile Moyo, Gobuiwang Khilly Kurusa (Gasenna), and Simani Gaseitsiwe
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2024 -
The evolution and interpretation of seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among South African blood donors from the Beta to Omicron variant-driven waves, co-authored by Fogarty trainees Marion Vermeulen, Wendy Sykes, Charl Coleman, Tanya Nadia Glatt, and Karin van den Berg
Vox Sanguinis, December 29, 2023
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Utilizing river and wastewater as a SARS-CoV-2 surveillance tool in settings with limited formal sewage systems, co-authored by Fogarty International Research Scientist Kayla G. Barnes
Nature Communications, November 30, 2023 -
Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Acute Respiratory Illnesses in South African Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic, co-authored by Emerging Global Leader Marieke Van Der Zalm
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, August 2023 - SARS-CoV-2 infection and pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescents: a case-control study, co-authored by Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Marieke M. Van Der Zalm
BMC Infectious Diseases, June 29, 2023
Update March 6, 2025