Articles for Korber

SS Nemesis: 120-year-old shipwreck mystery solved
9 months, 2 weeks ago

SS Nemesis: 120-year-old shipwreck mystery solved

ABC  

ELIAS CLURE, REPORTER: Cronulla beach can have its share of windy overcast days but 120 years ago, this usually picturesque slice of Sydney shoreline was the scene of an extraordinarily violent storm that spelled the end for this coal-laden cargo ship – the SS Nemesis. ELIAS CLURE: Ninety-nine-year-old Esther Field’s grandfather, Alexander Lusher, was the captain that went down with …

Families Ship Field Wreck Brad Duncan Elias Clure Heritage Nsw
Hospitals see more unvaccinated, younger, healthier people with COVID-19
3 years, 4 months ago

Hospitals see more unvaccinated, younger, healthier people with COVID-19

LA Times  

Dr. Anita Sircar hurries through the COVID-19 unit inside Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance this month. “These findings suggest that vaccination contributes to a less severe course of hospitalization among people who end up infected with COVID,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. “Fully vaccinated people who were sick enough to require hospitalization were much …

Children Vaccination Cases County Orange County Covid Los Angeles County
Covid-19 pandemic: New, more infectious strain of coronavirus now dominates global cases
4 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 pandemic: New, more infectious strain of coronavirus now dominates global cases

Hindustan Times  

Scientists have shown that a variation in the genome of the novel coronavirus has improved its ability to infect human cells, and has helped it become the dominant strain circulating around the world. “The D614G variant first came to our attention in early April, as we had observed a strikingly repetitive pattern,” said study lead author Bette Korber from the …

Virus Form Strain Sheffield Variant Korber D614G
The coronavirus has changed since it left Wuhan. Is it more infectious?
4 years, 6 months ago

The coronavirus has changed since it left Wuhan. Is it more infectious?

LA Times  

A version of the coronavirus first seen in Italy four months ago has overtaken the original strain from Wuhan, China, and is now dominant around the world, scientists reported Thursday. The study authors, led by Bette Korber, a computational biologist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, posted a preliminary version of the work in May that generated substantial controversy by …

Europe Italy China World Coronavirus Virus Spike
Mutant coronavirus has emerged and it's more dangerous, says study
4 years, 8 months ago

Mutant coronavirus has emerged and it's more dangerous, says study

India TV News  

As the deadly novel coronavirus has caused havoc across the globe, scientists have discovered a new strain of COVID-19 that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the one that spread initially. According to a new study led by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the strain appeared in February in Europe, migrated quickly to the …

Coronavirus Report Los Virus Study Scientists Original