Much remains unknown about the novel coronavirus ripping through China, but one thing is certain. The disease can cast a storm over the whole human body. Such has been the nature of past zoonotic ...

The U.S. approved a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna late Friday but with limits on who can use it — not a replacement for the company's existing shot, but a second option. The new vaccine ...

Common human coronaviruses, including 229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1, typically lead to respiratory infections similar to the common cold. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The new coronavirus found in bats is not currently a public health threat, per CDC. Here, infectious disease doctors break down the discovery of HKU5-CoV-2.

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 ...

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

How the coronavirus defeats the innate immune response Date: October 22, 2024 Source: Kobe University Summary: SARS-CoV-2 has an enzyme that can counteract a cell's innate defense mechanism ...

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Many hope Covid-19 will soon become one of many seasonal cold-causing coronaviruses. They don't know that these viruses can often still be lethal.

We’ll have to adjust our thinking about COVID-19 too. The coronavirus is not something we can avoid forever; we have to prepare for the possibility that we will all get exposed one way or another.

SARS-CoV-2 is the coronavirus responsible for causing 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19). On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic.