On October 14, a team of scientists at Boston University released a pre-print study reporting that they had created a version of SARS-CoV-2 combining two features of different, existing strains that ...

Deaths from COVID-19 have slowed significantly but continue adding to a tally of more than 7 million deaths from the virus in the nearly five years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a ...

COVID-19 is the shortened name of coronavirus disease 2019. It is a pandemic illness caused by a coronavirus. The virus that causes COVID-19 is severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, ...

Raynovent Biotech Co. Ltd. has raised ¥370 million (US$54 million) in a series C round to further develop candidates in the field of respiratory and metabolic diseases. Funds will be used to ...

Area health departments are keeping a careful eye on new coronavirus variants as cases tick upward, but health directors say the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations is still low when ...

Parents in the United States who want to vaccinate their young children against Covid-19 may face a growing set of challenges this fall. The US Food and Drug Administration might not renew ...

The novel coronavirus that shuttered businesses and schools, upended travel and killed millions all over the globe hasn’t gone away. “It's still out there," said Dr. Michael Roshon, vice president of ...

Merck & Co.’s COVID-19 pill is giving rise to new mutations of the virus in some patients, according to a study that underscores the risk of trying to intentionally alter the pathogen’s genetic code.

Coronavirus cases have been increasing in India on a daily basis. In the last 24 hours, India has reported 324 new cases, according to the data available on the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The recent uptick in cases of Covid-19 has moved Erie County from the low-risk transmission category into the medium-risk transmission category, County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz announced Wednesday ...