While research shows SARS-CoV-2 wasn't made in a lab, its emergence in the same city as the WIV has raised suspicions and ...

XEC is also an offshoot of omicron, the widely spread variant that formed in 2021. According to experts, it has some of ...

The following is a summary of “Real-time estimation of immunological responses against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants in the UK: a mathematical modelling study,” published in the September 2024 issue of ...

The new "XEC" COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly in Europe has arrived in the US. What are the symptoms, will it cause a fall ...

A new covid-19 variant called XEC may spread more easily than past variants, but current vaccines are still effective against ...

After COVID infection, prevalent metformin use is associated with a slightly lower incidence of death or postacute sequalae of SARS-CoV-2.

Along with raccoon dogs, considered a prime suspect for passing on the COVID-19 virus to humans, civet cats and bamboo rats ...

First used in the 1940s to monitor for polio, wastewater surveillance proved such a powerful disease monitoring tool that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the ...

Meet eight Africa-based scientists and doctors using cutting-edge genomic tools, data-sharing platforms and shoe-leather ...

The EMA has approved Penbraya for protection against invasive meningococcal disease and an update of the composition of two ...

First used in the 1940s to monitor for polio, wastewater surveillance proved such a powerful disease monitoring tool that the ...

A new genetic analysis looks at species of animals present at the Wuhan market that may have spread COVID-19 to people.