Just when it felt like COVID had quietly slipped into the background of everyday life, a new variant is back in the headlines. Reports suggest this strain carries multiple spike protein mutations and ...

Just as the Iran-Israel conflict is making life already difficult across the world, a new Covid variant is drawing attention again. According to a report by the University of Minnesota’s CIDRAP, the ...

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(Reuters) - A specific mutation in the new coronavirus can significantly increase its ability to infect cells, according to a study by U.S. researchers. The research may explain why early outbreaks in ...

Looming funding cuts for one of America's major disease surveillance programs could threaten public health responses experts say.

COVID-19 has changed a lot over the years, as has our ability to protect ourselves through vaccines. And we recently got some new news on the virus. On March 19, the CDC released a report stating that ...

All viruses mutate and SARS-CoV-2 is no exception. There have been over 4,000 mutations recorded to date, almost all are inconsequential. The English mutation, however, is of great clinical ...

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We're keeping an eye on new influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viral variants. Here's what we know about those viruses—and your immune system's ability to fight back. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

By examining how the viruses interact with immune systems in both human and bat cells, researchers found that a single ...