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“Lethal Effects of Mosquito-Transmitted Virus Mediated by Cholesterol Receptor”

UPMC Blog post on Schwarz et al SciAdv 2023. July 25, 2023

Inside UPMC


PittWire

PittWire story on Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to CVR


Interview by Kevin Gavin and WESA Pittsburgh’s The Confluence

https://www.wesa.fm/post/pitt-vaccine-researcher-finds-covid-19-vaccine-data-very-promising

WESA


NY Times

The Zika virus must take the “side roads” into the placenta to infect a fetus, one researcher said — but the Rift Valley fever virus takes the “expressway.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/health/rift-valley-pregnancy-zika.html


WPXI / NBC

Channel 11 News anchor Peggy Finnegan toured the highly secure lab where local researchers are developing potential therapies and vaccines for Rift Valley fever.

https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/researchers-trying-to-prevent-virus-more-dangerous-than-zika/915345120


AAAS

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that Rift Valley fever virus — an emerging mosquito-borne infectious disease that leads to severe illness in humans — can be transmitted from mother to fetus in rats.

https://www.aaas.org/news/rat-study-underscores-rift-valley-fever-risks-human-pregnancy