KSAT 12: Younger children don’t appear to transmit COVID-19 as easily, experts say

July 27, 2020

Dr. Mandie Svatek, Pediatrics & Hospital Medicine, addresses back-to-school concerns for children. She is part of a coalition that is working on creating a plan to reopen schools safely. Whereas children under the age of 10 don’t seem transmit COVID-19 as easily as adults— perhaps because their cough isn’t as strong and  they’re not as […]




United Press International: Researchers identify enzyme that helps COVID-19 evade immune system

July 24, 2020

Yogesh Gupta, Ph.D., Biochemistry/Structural Biology, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, earned coverage in Newsweek regarding a paper published in the journal Nature Communications.  According to the study, COVID-19-causing coronavirus disguises itself so it can hide inside cells without being detected by the immune system in order to replicate. Read the story.


Newsweek: Coronavirus disguises itself to hide inside our cells and replicate

July 24, 2020

Yogesh Gupta, PhD, Biochemistry/Structural Biology, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, earned coverage in Newsweek regarding a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. According to the study, COVID-19-causing coronavirus disguises itself so it can hide inside cells without being detected by the immune system in order to replicate. Read the story.