A promising path to fighting COVID and other coronaviruses may have been based on a serious mistake. Scientists had zeroed in ...

The COVID pandemic illustrated how urgently we need antiviral medications capable of treating coronavirus infections. To aid ...

A study published in mBio details the vulnerability of coronaviruses to inhibitors of a small protein domain called Mac1, or the "macrodomain," found in all coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and ...

The virus killed at least 20 million people, wiped at least $10 trillion from the global economy and upended billions of ...

Trump’s new COVID-19 website features five arguments supporting the lab. Among them was the explanation that Wuhan – the Chinese city where the virus first began spreading – is home to a ...

The World Health Organization's probe into the cause of COVID-19 has not resulted in a definitive reason, with its ...

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the ...

A new Covid-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, or Nimbus, represents about a third of new US Covid-19 cases. Dr. Leana Wen answers common questions about the new variant.

Scientists have unearthed a rare class of ultra-potent antibodies derived from llamas that can neutralize a vast array of coronaviruses—including SARS-CoV-1 and multiple forms of SARS-CoV-2, both old ...