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 ...

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

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

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 ...

HKU5-CoV-2 can infect and replicate within human cells in both the respiratory tract and the digestive tract. At present, the virus is found in bats, but with a small mutation, it could start ...