“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.
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