Five years after SARS-CoV-2 triggered a worldwide pandemic, leading to widespread devastation, another bat-borne coronavirus ...

Just when the world thought it had learned the lessons of the pandemic, scientists have found a new coronavirus strain in South America — one that carries some of the same genetic features that made ...

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Early in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists predicted the coronavirus would mutate slowly. They were wrong. Hundreds of thousands of viral mutations and multiple seasonal waves later, ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Five years ago, a mysterious new virus emerged in Wuhan, China, marking the start of a global health crisis. Initially nameless, the virus and the illness it caused would eventually ignite a global ...

As the winter season continues, there's an increased chance of infections from COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus. But, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted ...

The concept is crucial to curbing the novel coronavirus. It's also complicated. If you've been reading coronavirus news coverage, you've likely stumbled across a reference to a term called "R0." It's ...