The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has continued funding risky gain-of-function research (GoF) on potential pandemic pathogens, newly disclosed information reveals. The US government medical research agency has funded scientists to study.
US Senator Bernie Sanders reacts to viral memes on his look during inauguration day , here s what he said
The internet had a field day with the picture of Bernie Sanders taken at Capitol Hill, superimposing him on a wide variety of images that went viral.
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Updated: Jan 23, 2021, 11:36 AM IST
US Senator Bernie Sanders Presidential inauguration look spawned a ton of internet memes across the world. Two days later, at a popular tv show in the United States, he finally opened up about his choice of clothing for such a glorious event.
While those attending the US Presidential inauguration ceremony were all decked up, Bernie appeared for the event dressed up in a heavy winter jacket and patterned mittens, sitting all scrunched up in the bleachers on Capital hill.
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It s been more than a year since the first cases were identified in China, yet the exact origins of the COVID-19 pandemic remain a mystery. Though strong evidence suggests that the responsible coronavirus originated in bats, how and when it crossed from wildlife into humans is unknown.
In a study published online Jan.12 in the journal
mBio, an international team of 15 biologists say this lack of clarity has exposed a glaring weakness in the current approach to pandemic surveillance and response worldwide.
In most recent studies of animal-borne pathogens with the potential to spread to humans, known as zoonotic pathogens, physical specimens of suspected wildlife hosts were not preserved. The practice of collecting and archiving specimens believed to harbor a virus, bacteria or parasite that s under investigation is called host vouchering.