"China virus," the Chinese virus—at the start of the 2020 pandemic, this epithet was often encountered in the media. The use ...

A new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is spreading rapidly in the United States, CDC data show. What to know ...

The specter of new COVID-19 variants continues to loom, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has officially turned its ...

The World Health Organization is monitoring a new mutation of the virus that’s already caused a surge in Asia.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is keeping an eye on a new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, or “Nimbus,” that has spread across Europe, the Americas and the Western Pacific.

A dangerous new coronavirus discovered in China could spark the next pandemic, American scientists have warned. According to ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a polio outbreak in the country, and called for an immediate vaccination campaign. This follows environmental sampling that showed a re-emergence of ...

Papua New Guinea had largely avoided the coronavirus pandemic ... there are fears the virus may have a stronger foothold than those detected cases indicate. National pandemic response controller ...

We are at a transitional period with COVID-19 right now, Pekosz says. As people continue to rack up more infections, vaccine doses, or both, their immunity and defenses to the once-novel virus grow.

New research has found that viruses such as the one that causes COVID-19 can cause brain cells to ... to produce more viruses which spreads the virus – and more fusogens – to neighboring ...

Widespread distrust and refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is being linked to a rising number of mothers choosing not to bring their children forward for other vaccinations.

A new study in rhesus macaques shows how the COVID-19 virus can enter the brain and cause inflammation of brain cells, especially in aged macaques. (CNPRC photo) SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus, caused ...