Unvaccinated States Feel Brunt of Delta-Led Covid Uptick
New York Times, July 2021
Covid Origins: Scientists Weigh up Evidence Over Virus’s Origins
BBC News, July 2021
A Group of Scientists Presses a Case Against the Lab Leak Theory of Covid
New York Times, July 2021
COVID Origins Mirror SARS’s Genesis in Animals, Study Finds
Bloomberg News, July 2021
In-Depth: San Diego’s Most Influential COVID-19 Researchers
San Diego ABC10, June 2021
Trump Administration’s Hunt for Pandemic ‘Lab Leak’ Went Down Many Paths and Came up With No Smoking Gun
Washington Post, June 2021
Scientist Opens Up About His Early Email to Fauci on Virus Origins
New York Times, June 2021
Long COVID Isn’t As Unique As We Thought
Vox, April 2021
COVID-19 Strain FIrst Spotted in U.K. Spreading Quickly, San Diego Scientists Report
San Diego Union Tribune, March 2021
Scripps Research Offers New Way to Visualize the Spread of Variants
San Diego ABC10, February 2021
UK COVID-19 Variant May Become Dominant Strain in US by Mid-March
San Diego ABC10, February 2021
UK Coronavirus Variant Spreading ‘Rapidly’ Through US, Study Finds
BBC News, February 2021
U.S. Rushes to Fill Void in Viral Sequencing As Worrisome Coronavirus Variants Spread
Science, February 2021
U.K. Coronavirus Variant Spreading Rapidly Through United States, Study Finds
Washington Post, February 2021
Virus Variant First Found in Britain Now Spreading Rapidly in U.S.
New York Times, February 2021
The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2 – Top Article of 2020 Across All Subject Areas
Altmetric, January 2021
Genome Sequencing Maps San Diego Spread of COVID-19, Helps Control Outbreaks
San Diego ABC10, November 2020
Scripps Research & UCSD Scientists Use Genome Sequencing to Track Spread of COVID-19
San Diego NBC7, November 2020
Scientists Use Sequencing to Track Spread of Coronavirus
San Diego CBS8, November 2020
Scripps Research and UCSD Win $2.5m CDC Contract to Track COVID-19 Spread Across San Diego
San Diego Union Tribune, November 2020
Here’s How San Diego Scientists Are Mounting a Counterattack Against the Coronavirus
San Diego Union Tribune, April 2020
Verdens Førende Virusekspert: Derfor er Coronavirus Værre End Ebola
Politiken [Danish], March 2020
Once and for All, the New Coronavirus Was Not Made in a Lab
Vice, March 2020
Zika Was Soaring Across Cuba. Few Outside the Country Knew
New York Times, August 2019
Infected Travelers Reveal Cuba’s ‘Hidden’ Zika Outbreak
Science, August 2019
Cuba’s Untold Zika Outbreak Uncovered
Nature, August 2019
Common Malaria Resistance Trait Discovered In Scripps Research-Led Study
San Diego Union Tribune, March 2018
How Zika Conquered The Americas
The Atlantic, May 2017
Molecular Mapping Of Zika Spread
Nature, May 2017
Did A Single Amino Acid Change Make Ebola Virus More Virulent?
Cell, November 2016
How Ebola Adapted To Us
The Atlantic, November 2016
Genetic Sleuthing
Harvard Gazette, September 2015
Viral Evolution – The History Of Lassa virus
Nature Reviews Genetics, September 2015
De Slår Ebola Og Lassa Ihjel
Politiken [Danish], September 2015
Lassa Virus Sequence Gives Insight Into Viral Origins, Evolution
GenomeWeb, August 2015
Ancient Origins Of Deadly Lassa Virus Discovered
Scicasts, August 2015
Video Abstract – Sequencing Catalog Of Lassa
Cell, August 2015
Ebola Survivors May Be The Key To Treatment – For Almost Any Disease
Wired Magazine, June 2015
Genome Studies Show How Ebola Spread Initially
New York Times, June 2015
Blood RNA Sequencing On Healthy West Africans IDs New Rhabdoviruses
GenomeWeb, March 2015
The Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs Of 2014
Wired.co.uk, December 2014
Ebola: Jagten På Patient Zero I Sierra Leone
Politiken [Danish], September 2014
Ebola Outbreak Strains Sequenced
The Scientist, August 2014
Outbreak In Sierra Leone Is Tied To Single Funeral Where 14 Women Were Infected
New York Times, August 2014
The Most Complete Ebola Genome Yet: What It Can Tell Us
Los Angeles Times, August 2014
East Asian Physical Traits Linked To 35,000-Year-Old Mutation
New York Times, February 2013
Delta Variant Widens Gulf Between ‘Two Americas’: Vaccinated and Unvaccinated
New York Times, July 2021
TWiV 774: Kristian Andersen, Robert Garry, and the Deleted SARS-CoV-2 Sequences
This Week in Virology (podcast), June 2021
Unlike L.A., San Diego Will Not Recommend Indoor Masking for Vaccinated
San Diego Union Tribune, June 2021
The Facts – and Gaps – on the Origin of the Coronavirus
FactCheck.org, June 2021
The COVID Lab-leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Don’t Know
Nature, June 2021
The Lab-leak Origin Claim for COVID-19 Is in the News, but It’s Still Fact-free
Los Angeles Times, June 2021
Experts Weigh in on the Wuhan Lab Leak Hypothesis
Politico, May 2021
How the United States Beat the Variants, for Now
New York Times, May 2021
Vaccines Seem to Work Well Against Coronavirus Variants. It’s Also Complicated
STAT News, May 2021
Another Group of Scientists Calls for Further Inquiry Into Origins of the Coronavirus
New York Times, May 2021
India Is No. 102 in Coronavirus Genetic Sequencing, Leaving Many Unknowns on Variants Amid the Surge
Washington Post, April 2021
India Blames a Virus Variant as Its COVID-19 Crisis Deepens
New York Times, April 2021
We Know a Lot About COVID-19. Experts Have Many More Questions
STAT News, April 2021
State Eases Reopening Guidelines If Hospitalizations Remain Stable
San Diego Union Tribune, April 2021
Why US Coronavirus Tracking Can’t Keep up With Concerning Variants
Nature, April 2021
Virus Variants Threaten to Draw Out the Pandemic, Scientists Say
New York Times, April 2021
»Absurd Og Ærgerligt«: Frustrerede Forskere Må Ikke Se Unikke Danske Virusdata
Politiken [Danish], March 2021
The Coronavirus Variants Experts Are Most Concerned About
CBS 60 Minutes, March 2021
We Now Can See a Virus Mutate Like Never Before
The Atlantic, March 2021
The US Has a Covid ‘Scariants’ Problem. Here’s How to Fix It
Wired Magazine, March 2021
Worried About Coronavirus Variants? Here’s What You Need To Know
NPR, March 2021
The Coronavirus Is Threatening a Comeback. Here’s How to Stop It
New York Times, February 2021
COVID-19 Variant Found In New York City Worries Researchers
NPR/WBUR News, February 2021
A New Coronavirus Variant Is Spreading in New York, Researchers Report
New York Times, February 2021
San Diego to Offer COVID-19 Vaccines to Police, Teachers, Farm Workers and Others Starting Saturday
San Diego Union Tribune, February 2021
As Coronavirus Variants Spread, the US Struggles to Keep Up
Wired Magazine, February 2021
Low Coronavirus Transmission Rates Show a Pandemic in Decline, But for How Long?
San Diego Union Tribune, February 2021
COVID-19 Cases Are Falling in the U.S. It Could Be a Calm Before a Variant-driven Storm
STAT News, February 2021
What Will it Take to Make COVID-19 Vaccines Variant-Proof?
Wired Magazine, February 2021
By Tracking Coronavirus Mutations, Scientists Aim to Forecast the Pandemic’s Future
Los Angeles Times, February 2021
The Good and the (Potentially) Bad: What Scientists Know About Variants and COVID-19 Vaccines
STAT News, February 2021
Danish Scientists See Tough Times Ahead As They Watch More Contagious COVID-19 Virus Surge
Science, February 2021
The Pandemic Is Heading Toward a Strange In-Between Time
The Atlantic, February 2021
Why the Mutated Coronavirus Variants Are So Worrisome
Washington Post, February 2021
The Virus Variant Spreading in Britain May Make Vaccines Less Effective, Study Shows
New York Times, February 2021
UK Variant, UCSD Researcher Warns, Looks Like a COVID-19 Time Bomb
San Diego Union Tribune, January 2021
Nye Smitsomme Mutationer Bekymrer: »vi Er Slet Ikke Færdige Med Det Her«
Politiken [Danish], January 2021
Det Utænkelige Er Sket: Verdens Første by Med Flokimmunitet Oplever Ny Voldsom Coronaepidemi
Politiken [Danish], January 2021
The Lab Leak Theory and the Twisted, Messy Hunt for COVID-19’s Origin
c|net, January 2021
Wuhan Marks Its Anniversary With Triumph and Denial
BBC News, January 2021
New California Variant May Be Driving Virus Surge There, Study Suggests
New York Times, January 2021
The Coronavirus Is Evolving the Same Mutations Around the World
The Atlantic, January 2021
San Diego Scientists Hustle to Find Out If ‘California’ Strain of Coronavirus Poses Big Threat
San Diego Union Tribune, January 2021
New Coronavirus Variants Could Cause More Reinfections, Require Updated Vaccines
Science, January 2021
CDC: No Sign of Homegrown U.S. Coronavirus Variant, but Scientists Need to Look Harder
Washington Post, January 2021
U.S. Is Blind to Contagious New Virus Variant, Scientists Warn
New York Times, January 2021
Dozens More Cases of Highly Contagious COVID-19 Variant Identified in San Diego County
San Diego Union Tribune, January 2021
Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us
The Atlantic, December 2020
U.S. Officials Debate Travel Bans As Coronavirus Variant Spreads in Britain
Washington Post, December 2020
Boris Johnson Tightens U.K. Lockdown, Citing Fast-Spreading Version of Virus
New York Times, December 2020
The Looming Questions Scientists Need to Answer About the New Variant of the Coronavirus
STAT News, December 2020
The U.K. Coronavirus Variant: What We Know
New York Times, December 2020
Mutant Coronavirus in the United Kingdom Sets Off Alarms but Its Importance Remains Unclear
Science, December 2020
How Science Beat the Virus
The Atlantic, December 2020
Evidence Builds That an Early Mutation Made the Pandemic Harder to Stop
New York Times, November 2020
Valg i USA – Amerika Ifølge Gram
DR2, November 2020
International Topforsker Bakker SSI Op: »Mennesker Kan Smitte Mink, Og Mink Kan Smitte Mennesker. Det Er En Farlig Glidebane«
Politiken [Danish], November 2020
Verdensførende Virusekspert: Det Er Ikke Mutationerne, Vi Skal Bekymre Os Om. Det Er Minkene
Politiken [Danish], November 2020
Valg i USA – Amerika Ifølge Gram
DR2, October 2020
The False Promise of Herd Immunity for COVID-19
Nature, October 2020
Massive Genetic Study Shows Coronavirus Mutating and Potentially Evolving Amid Rapid U.S. Spread
Washington Post, September 2020
Study Hints COVID-19 May Have Been in the US as Early as December
CNN, September 2020
Why Misinformation About COVID-19’s Origins Keeps Going Viral
National Geographic, September 2020
The Fog of the Pandemic Is Returning
The Atlantic, September 2020
A New Era of Coronavirus Testing Is About to Begin
The Atlantic, August 2020
Deadline – July 23, 2020
DR Deadline [Danish], July 2020
Why This Coronavirus Mutation is Not Cause for Alarm
National Geographic, July 2020
The Pandemic Virus is Slowly Mutating. But is it Getting More Dangerous?
Science, July 2020
Wuhan: City of Silence
BBC News, July 2020
This Coronavirus Mutation Has Taken Over the World. Scientists Are Trying to Understand Why
Washington Post, June 2020
How the Virus Won
New York Times, June 2020
Dansk Topforsker Har Fulgt Mølbak Og Co. Under Coronakrisen: »For Mig At Se Var Det At Spille Hasard Med Befolkningen«
Berlingske [Danish], June 2020
På Fire Måneder Har Statens Topeksperter Begået Syv Alvorlige Fejl: »Jeg Må Indrømme, At Jeg Ikke Har Været Imponeret«
Berlingske [Danish], June 2020
Mutation Allows Coronavirus to Infect More Cells, Study Finds. Scientists Urge Caution
New York Times, June 2020
The Anatomy of a Pandemic
BBC News, June 2020
The Biggest Mystery: What It Will Take to Trace the Coronavirus Source
Nature, June 2020
Coronavirus Epidemics Began Later Than Believed, Study Concludes
New York Times, May 2020
Stockholm Er Meget Langt Fra Flokimmunitet: »Der Findes Desværre Ikke Noget Svensk Mirakel«
Berlingske [Danish], May 2020
Trump-fueled Suspicion of Wuhan Lab Ensnares New York Nonprofit Researching Bat Coronaviruses
Washington Post, May 2020
Scientists: ‘Exactly Zero’ Evidence Covid-19 Came from a Lab
CIDRAP, May 2020
Why Scientists Believe the Wuhan-Lab Coronavirus Origin Theory Is Highly Unlikely
Vanity Fair, May 2020
Travel From New York City Seeded Wave of U.S. Outbreaks
New York Times, May 2020
Trump Officials Are Said to Press Spies to Link Virus and Wuhan Labs
New York Times, April 2020
Da Corona Ramte Os, Afslørede Den Store Huller I Danmarks Beredskab: »Vi Har Nu Set, Hvor Sårbart Vores System Er«
Berlingske [Danish], April 2020
The President and the Plague
Rolling Stone, April 2020
Summer Heat May Not Diminish Coronavirus Strength
New York Times, April 2020
Førende Dansk Forsker Advarer Mette Frederiksen: »Det Kommer Til At Koste En Hulens Masse Dødsfald«
Berlingske [Danish], March 2020
From Bats to Human Lungs, the Evolution of a Coronavirus
The New Yorker, March 2020
How Coronavirus Mutations Can Track Its Spread – And Disprove Conspiracies
National Geographic, March 2020
When Will It Be Safe to Loosen Coronavirus Lockdowns?
Wall Street Journal, March 2020
Significance of Pangolin Viruses in Human Pandemic Remains Murky
New York Times, March 2020
Danmark Afviser at Teste Alle Syge, Men Det Kan Være En Fatal Fejl, Lyder Det Fra Kritikere: »Hvis Vi Stopper Med at Teste, Har Vi Spillet Fallit«
Politiken [Danish; Front page], March 2020
Forskere og Læger: Vi Skal Coronateste Langt Mere for at Kunne Genåbne Vores Samfund
Politiken [Danish], March 2020
Tyst og Balstyrisk
Weekendavisen [Danish], March 2020
Why the Coronavirus Has Been So Successful
The Atlantic, March 2020
Data Sharing and Open Source Software Help Combat Covid-19
Wired, March 2020
How Genetic Mapping Is Allowing Scientists To Track The Spread Of Coronavirus
National Public Radio, March 2020
Mutations Can Reveal How the Coronavirus Moves—but They’re Easy to Overinterpret
Science, March 2020
Looking to the Genome to Track and Treat the New Coronavirus
NPR Science Friday (podcast), March 2020
By Decoding the Coronavirus Genome, Scientists Seek the Upper Hand against COVID-19
Los Angeles Times, February 2020
Voices – The Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: What We Know and What We Don’t
Cell, February 2020
New Coronavirus Spreads More Like Flu than SARS: Chinese Study
Reuters, February 2020
Can a Database of Animal Viruses Help Predict the Next Pandemic?
Wired, February 2020
Did Pangolins Spread the China Coronavirus to People?
Nature, February 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak: What’s Next?
Nature, January 2020
How To Track And Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus Outbreak
NPR Science Friday (podcast), January 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak: How Scared Should You Be?
Gimlet Media – ScienceVS (podcast), January 2020
Mining Coronavirus Genomes for Clues to the Outbreak’s Origins
Science, January 2020
The Deceptively Simple Number Sparking Coronavirus Fears
The Atlantic, January 2020
New Coronavirus Threat Galvanizes Scientists
Science, January 2020
Wuhan Seafood Market May Not Be Source of Novel Virus Spreading Globally
Science, January 2020
DNA Sleuths Read the Coronavirus Genome, Tracing its Origins and Looking for Dangerous Mutations
STAT News, January 2020
Rapid Global Response to the New Coronavirus Shows Progress Made since SARS
The Verge, January 2020
Scripps Research Joins Global Effort to Pinpoint how Chinese Coronavirus is Spreading
San Diego Union Tribune, January 2020
The Next Plague Is Coming. Is America Ready?
The Atlantic, July 2018 (on background)
High-Resolution Snapshot Of Zika Virus Reveals Clues To Fighting It
New York Times, June 2018
Is It Possible To Predict The Next Pandemic?
The Atlantic, October 2017
The Zika Virus Grew Deadlier With A Small Mutation, Study Suggests
New York Times, September 2017
A Single Mutation In Zika Led To Devastating Effects
The Scientist, September 2017
Hiv’s Patient Zero Exonerated
1970S And ‘Patient 0’ Hiv-1 Genomes Illuminate Early Hiv/Aids History In North America
Nature News [podcast], October 2016
Nature [review], October 2016
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One Traveler May Have Brought Zika To The Americas In 2013
New York Times, March 2016
Scientists Report In Real Time On Challenging Zika Research
National Public Radio, March 2016
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Front Line Genomics, February 2016
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Nature News, February 2016
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