The first reports of coronavirus — a group of viruses that includes COVID-19 and other diseases — go back to the 1930s.

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, public health authorities are contending with an emerging threat: new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Researchers around the world have recently ...

Viruses might be nature’s most efficient gene-delivery vehicles. At its essence, a virus is simply a package that shuttles genes into a host cell, which it then hijacks to make more viruses. About 4 ...

A new coronavirus has just been detected in bats. Lab tests show the virus can infect human cells, but experts say not to be concerned. Here’s everything we know so far. What is the new bat ...

Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have discovered a new lineage of a coronavirus in bats that can enter human cells in a similar fashion as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid ...

No infections have been detected in humans so far, the CDC said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday that the new coronavirus found in bats is currently not a cause for ...

The discovery of a new bat coronavirus in China has sparked concerns about another pandemic. The virus, named HKU5-CoV-2, is similar to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in that it targets ...

Okay, so it seems like everyone I know has come down with COVID this summer — even the people known as NOVIDs (never had COVID before). I’ve been lucky so far. What do I need to know to protect myself ...

Without genetic mutations, there would be no humans. There wouldn’t be any living beings at all—no mammals, insects, or plants, not even bacteria. These tiny errors, which can happen at random each ...

Scientists studying the virus’s continuing evolution, and the body’s immune responses, hope to head off a resurgence and to better understand long Covid. By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva Mandavilli has ...

Second-guessing every cough, washing your hands repeatedly, and making sure you always have a spare mask: it's understandable if you're on-edge about health and hygiene in the midst of the COVID ...

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