Maciej F Boni

Sep 02, 2021

Plenty of Evidence for Recombination in SARS-CoV-2

Different variants of the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic are swapping chunks of genetic material, but it’s not yet clear what implications that may have for public health.

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Aug 26, 2021

Experts on WHO team say search for COVID origins has stalled

The international scientists dispatched to China by the World Health Organization to find out where the coronavirus came from said Wednesday the search has stalled and warned that the window of opportunity for solving the mystery is “closing fast.”

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Aug 25, 2021

China Tells WHO It's Not Nation's Fault Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins Has Stalled

China told the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday that it wasn't the nation's fault that the investigation into the origin of COVID-19 has stalled, the Associated Press reported.

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Jul 07, 2021

Webinar Alert: Where Did COVID-19 Come From?

The virus that causes COVID-19 disrupted nearly every facet of life for people around the world. The best way to ensure we are prepared for the next pandemic is to understand where the current one started, but that question has become bogged down in geopolitics and conspiracy theories.

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Jun 28, 2021

Fact Check: The Facts – and Gaps – on the Origin of the Coronavirus

A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic — and with a death toll approaching 4 million lives — how the coronavirus came to spark a global scourge remains unknown. Was it the result of a spillover from an animal to a human, as has happened repeatedly in the past? Or did the virus accidentally escape from a nearby lab in Wuhan?

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Jun 17, 2021

The science around the lab leak theory hasn't changed. But here's why some scientists have.

Five virologists said few conclusions can be drawn based on the available scientific evidence, but they noted that the context and circumstances of the debate have changed.

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Apr 09, 2021

‘It was just a matter of time’ until coronavirus variant arrived in Centre County amid rising cases

A little over one year after the first coronavirus case was reported in Centre County, a more infectious variant has arrived in the Centre region. The B.1.1.7 variant, also referred to as the United Kingdom variant, was first discovered at Penn State in tested wastewater samples and was confirmed in a “COVID-19 Status Update” with university officials and community leaders on March 26.

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Mar 30, 2021

Origins of an outbreak

It was late January 2020 when Maciej Boni realized that the COVID-19 pandemic was about to take over his life. Boni, associate professor of biology, is an epidemiologist with extensive expertise in viral evolution, including a recent focus on human and avian flu. When COVID-19 hit, he tapped into a network of colleagues around the world, quickly joining an international team intent on tracking the outbreak to its origins.

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Mar 25, 2021

The Search for Animals That Could Carry the Next Deadly Virus

Scientists are finding new ways to predict which animals we should be most worried about

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Jan 22, 2021

Interview with Dr. Maciej Boni

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