Whether it’s a coronavirus, bird flu, or some other unknown germ, the stage for the next pandemic will be set. So tracking and learning more about these threats as early as possible will be ...

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 ...

Five years ago on Tuesday, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and the impact of the virus and ...

pre-germ-theory environmental sanitation efforts. COVID-19, syphilis, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis show that while biomedical breakthroughs are necessary to eliminate epidemic diseases, sustained focus ...

Cold germs from someone’s nose or cough can live on surfaces for hours to days, depending on many factors. Learn which ...

No infections have been detected in humans so far, the CDC said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday that the new coronavirus found in bats is currently not a cause ...

A new coronavirus that has a greater ability to infect humans than other coronaviruses has been discovered in bats. A Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as "batwoman" for ...

Borne, science journalist Carl Zimmer roots the “mistake” in the past of a historically neglected field: aerobiology, or the science of airborne life. Zimmer begins his chronicle in the 19th century ...

A distinct coronavirus lineage was found in bats in Hong Kong. HKU5-CoV-2 carries a risk of animal-to-human transmission and binds to humans like the virus that causes COVID-19. Researchers ...

Five years ago, the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in NI — an occurrence that would change Brenda Doherty’s life and thrust Dr Connor Bamford into the spotlight On New Year’s Eve 2019 ...