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Should the Global Community Be Concerned About the South African Variant?
Should the Global Community Be Concerned About the South African Variant? February 23, 2021 Currently, the downward trend of SARS-CoV-2 infections per day in the U.S. is continuing, and the case numbers of COVID-19 are less than half of what it was at the peak of the pandemic (Worldometers).The mortality rate of COVID-19 is also…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network Names USF Health the GVN Southeast U.S. Regional Headquarters
Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Feb. 23, 2021) — The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition comprising the world’s foremost experts in every class of virus causing disease in humans and some animals, today announced that USF Health, at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, Fla., will serve as GVN’s Southeast United States Regional Headquarters. USF…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and Autoimmunity
COVID-19 and Autoimmunity Are Severe Cases of COVID-19 Related to an Autoimmune Disease? February 15, 2021 COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, involves at least two distinct phases. The first phase is attributed to typical progress of respiratory disease by causing fever, cough, loss of taste/smell, and other symptoms typical of respiratory infections. The second…
Read MoreUpdate on SARS-CoV-2 Variants
Update on SARS-CoV-2 Variants Efficient Vaccine Distribution is Critical to Mitigate the Continuing Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 February 5, 2021 We’ve recently reported on SARS-CoV-2 variants, and described some of the reasons for concern. These include increased transmissibility, the possibility of false negative tests for viral RNA, resistance to immune protection from vaccine or prior infection,…
Read MoreGLOBAL VIRUS NETWORK (GVN) ADDS FOUR PREEMINENT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO STRENGTHEN GLOBAL COLLABORATION IN VIRAL RESEARCH AND RESPONSE TO PANDEMICS
The Four New GVN Members Form Three New Centers of Excellence and One Affiliate from Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and North America Baltimore, Maryland, USA, January 28, 2021: The Global Virus Network (GVN), comprising foremost experts around the world in every class of virus causing disease in humans and some animals, today announced the addition of three…
Read MoreEmergence and Global Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Variants
Emergence and Global Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Variants With the extended COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 is evolving, and multiple COVID-19 variants are circulating globally. Since December, 2020, a great deal of attention has been focused on emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants from the UK (VOC 202012/01; B1.1.7. lineage) and from South Africa (20C/501Y.V2; B.1.351 lineage). In the UK,…
Read MoreA Statement from the Global Virus Network (GVN) on the Need for Innovative Strategies to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Expand Vaccination Strategies
Baltimore, Maryland, USA, January 15, 2021: As hospitalization and mortality from COVID-19 continue to surge around the world, it will be imperative to quickly distribute the vaccines that are proven to at least show short-term protection and overall safety. Combining vaccine distribution to protective measures (mask, physical distancing and hand washing) and novel approaches to treatment,…
Read MoreTOP SCIENTISTS CALL ON GLOBAL HEALTH AGENCIES TO FUND INNATE IMMUNITY RESEARCH AS ADDITIONAL MEASURE TO FIGHT PANDEMIC VIRUSES
Global Experts Host Symposium and Agree that Innate Immunity May Be Effective, Globally Available Tool to Supplement Delay in Vaccine Availability and Distribution Baltimore, Maryland, USA, January 08, 2021: The Global Virus Network (GVN) and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis co-hosted a December 11, 2020 international symposium on innate immunity and COVID-19.…
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be a COVID-19 Long-Hauler?
What does it mean to be a COVID-19 Long-Hauler? Some of the serious aspects of COVID-19 are long-term symptoms that persist for a significant period after SARS-CoV-2 infection and acute symptoms have apparently resolved. People experiencing these conditions have been called “long-haulers” and are a consequential proportion of those infected with SARS-CoV-2. Particularly, many patients…
Read MoreROBERT GALLO OF THE UM SCHOOL OF MEDICINE INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY AND GLOBAL VIRUS NETWORK AWARDED TOP LIFE SCIENCES AND MEDICINE PRIZE FROM CHINA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA, December 21, 2020: Robert C. Gallo, MD, The Homer & Martha Gudelsky Distinguished Professor in Medicine, co-founder and director of the Institute Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and co-founder and international scientific advisor of the Global Virus Network, was awarded the “VCANBIO Award for Biosciences and Medicine,”…
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