SARS-CoV-2 has been evolving the ability to evade the immune system about twice as fast as the fastest-evolving flu virus. It averages more than a dozen significant changes every year.

Frequent mutations of SARS-CoV-2 have reduced the effectiveness of vaccines, highlighting the need for mutation-resistant ...

Five years ago this week, the United States locked down to slow the spread of COVID-19. What was initially thought to be a short few weeks before children returned to school and businesses opened ...

Scientists have discovered a new coronavirus that may spread to humans and the disease is closely related to one that kills ...

A new coronavirus that can spread to humans has been discovered by a China-linked scientist. Researchers from Brazil, along ...

But what if you could avoid getting COVID-19 altogether? That’s the potential promise of a new study on a drug made by Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi. At a scientific conference in San ...

Research identifies how viral respiratory infection damages macrophages and suggests treatment with a pre-existing FDA approved drug.

During one of the most active flu seasons in recent memory, infectious disease experts at Cancer Center say many of the ...

Scientists reveal that reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), driven by TGFβ-induced immune suppression, is a key driver ...

Researchers racing to develop bird flu vaccines for humans have turned to a cutting-edge technology that enabled the rapid development of lifesaving covid shots.

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have discovered how severe COVID-19 can destroy immune cells' ability to ...

Getting vaccinated continues to be the most effective way to prevent infection, local health experts say, as the number of confirmed measles cases grows nationwide.