Gaining a better understanding of the factors that affect the likelihood of a vehicle crash has
been an area of research focus for many decades. However, in the absence of detailed …

Background: In the EPIC-HR (Evaluation of Protease Inhibition for Covid-19 in High-Risk
Patients) trial, nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir led to an 89% reduction in hospitalization or death …

Key questions in COVID-19 are the duration and determinants of infectious virus shedding.
Here, we report that infectious virus shedding is detected by virus cultures in 23 of the 129 …

Coalitionary support in agonistic interactions represents cooperation because intervening in
a fight is potentially costly to the donor of support but benefits the recipient. Here, we first …

Despite vaccination and antiviral therapies, immunocompromised individuals are at risk for
prolonged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, but the …

Probiotics are increasingly administered to premature infants to prevent necrotizing
enterocolitis and neonatal sepsis. However, their effects on gut microbiome assembly and …

Dietary fibers (DFs) impact the gut microbiome in ways often considered beneficial.
However, it is unknown if precise and predictable manipulations of the gut microbiota, and …

Bacteriophage (also known as phage) communities that inhabit the gut have a major effect
on the structure and functioning of bacterial populations, but their roles and association with …

The Zika pandemic sparked intense interest in whether immune interactions among dengue
virus serotypes 1 to 4 (DENV1 to-4) extend to the closely related Zika virus (ZIKV). We …

Background Across countries and disciplines, studies show male researchers receive more
research funding than their female peers. Because most studies have been observational, it …