If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be ...

Just as the world began to feel a sense of stability after years of pandemic turbulence, the virus continued to evolve, producing new variants over time. Alarmingly, scientists have recently ...

Scientists have uncovered a stealthy tactic used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus: one of its proteins can leap from infected cells to ...

Scientists in China's Yunnan province have discovered 20 new viruses in bats, including two closely related to the deadly ...

A 25-year-old local scientist captured rare footage showing how one of the world’s deadliest viruses could jump from bats to humans.

Researchers found that Akkermansia muciniphila boosts lung-specific antiviral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in mice by modulating the gut–lung axis. This commensal gut bacterium shows promise as a ...

The new COVID-19 variant, called Nimbus, has similar symptoms and recovery to the Omicron strain. It hasn't been detected in ...