Every time a virus invades a person, it collides with thousands of years of human history. A study led by researchers at the ...

Here’s what we’ve learned – and how our understanding has evolved – since the earliest cases of the novel coronavirus were ...

The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how ...

As if you needed another health concern to worry about — beyond the “explosive diarrhea” stomach parasite causing a surge of sicknesses around the United States — it looks like the COVID-19 virus is ...

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Air pollution from cruise ships could be damaging the health of people living in port cities by increasing inflammation and susceptibility to viruses such as the common cold and COVID-19. New research ...

Scientists found that one tiny genetic change can completely alter how a coronavirus behaves in different species. Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with a closely related bat-only virus, they showed that a single ...

The drug ensitrelvir, under the brand name Xocova, was recently approved in Japan as a post-exposure protection against Covid-19. Carol Yepes via Getty Images After more than six years of humans ...

Experts have been quick to reassure the public after the deaths aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, but images and turns of phrase have rekindled anxieties from Covid’s early days. By Neil Vigdor ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that high-frequency ultrasound waves similar to those used in medical exams can eliminate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1 ...

Be on the lookout because COVID might be making another rise. A new COVID-19 variant has been detected and it’s spreading across the U.S., according to health officials. Per a study published last ...

(CNN) — A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, though it’s not causing more severe disease – in kids or in adults.