Since the emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), understanding the mechanisms underlying ...

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

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

Without routine screening, many SARS-CoV-2 infections still slip under the radar, says Ellie Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health in Massachusetts.

"These viruses are so closely related to MERS, so we have to be concerned if they ever infect humans," said virologist ...

Virus survival inside the host cell depends on the intricate mechanisms that recruit proteins involved in the arms race. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) proteome exhibits ...

New coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 only ‘one small step from spilling over into humans’ say scientists. A new coronavirus may only be “a small step away from spilling over into humans”, scientists ...

New coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 only ‘one small step from ... the same used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19. As of now, HKU5 viruses can only use the ACE2 gene in bats and can ...