Eleven science stories likely to make big news in 2023
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- 13 Feb 2023
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Making COVID-19 manageable and covering financial losses from climate change could make headlines
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its fourth year as a global health emergency, researchers will continue pushing to help make the disease manageable and ordinary. They will track hundreds of subvariants of Omicron, the highly transmissible but seemingly less lethal strain of SARSCoV-2 that dominated in 2022. Virologists will watch the virus’ evolution this year to see whether it has finally slowed or a more dangerous variant pops up, evading much of the immunity that humanity has built up to previous ones. Vaccine researchers hope to develop new shots that provide broad protection against a variety of coronaviruses. Another priority is to introduce nasal vaccines that prompt immune responses within the body’s mucosal linings; compared with shots in the arm, these should elicit a stronger, quicker defense against initial infection. But public health specialists worry widespread vaccine hesitancy may persist, with long-lasting consequences for battles against both COVID-19 and other diseases. Read More..
