'A promiscuous virus': CSU experts discuss SARS-CoV-2, what comes next
CSU experts discuss existing research, what questions remain and what’s next for university research teams.
Tag: "COVID-19 Research"
WebMD: COVID Spread Among Deer Causes Concern Over New Variants
Humans are the presumptive spreaders of infection among deer, says Angela Bosco-Lauth, PhD, DVM, assistant professor of biomedical sciences at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
CSU awarded $6.7 million NIH award for research facility focused on bat health, disease transmission
Bats can harbor coronaviruses, so studying bats and pathogens is critical to global public health.
The Colorado Sun: Why coronavirus vaccine booster shots may help you, and why they may not help society
Because delta’s superpower is how fast it moves. So your immune system might need the espresso-jolt of a booster shot to catch up. Gregg Dean is a professor of microbiology and immunology at Colorado State University. (He’s also developing two coronavirus vaccines.)
Coloradoan: CSU receives $2 million gift to continue research on preventing future pandemics
Colorado State University received a $2 million grant to continue its interdisciplinary research in preventing future pandemics and improving pandemic responses.
McKnight's: Online tool helps take guesswork out of COVID-19 testing in long-term care facilities
Long-term care operators can compute the risk for COVID-19 infections in their facility with a new online simulation tool. They simply plug a proposed testing schedule and other facility information into the simulator and receive information to make the most informed decisions. “Being able to build all of those things into the model simultaneously is extremely powerful,” said Nicole Ehrhart, V.M.D., a professor and director of Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging at CSU.
CSU receives $2 million grant to help prevent future pandemics
Building on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Colorado State University has received a $2 million commitment from The Anschutz Foundation to further the development of new solutions for building resilience and agility in stopping infectious disease transmission among animals and people.
New York Times: Cats Are Better Than Dogs (at Catching the Coronavirus)
Fortunately, infected cats appear to show mild symptoms at most. “I am still a bit surprised that cats are so readily infected and yet rarely exhibit any signs of illness,” said Dr. Angela Bosco-Lauth, a biomedical researcher at Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences who was not involved with the research.
99.9 The Point: CSU Testing Ugandan Bats to Study COVID-19 Transmission
Rebekah Kading, a virologist at Colorado State University, and her team are studying bats in eastern Uganda to determine how diseases spread between the animals and humans.