Human behavior may have influenced the evolution of new strains of COVID-19, new AI models suggest. Vaccination and immune pressures from previous infections are known to cause the emergence of new ...

In late 2021, on the heels of the deadly Delta wave of infections, a new variant came flying in out of left field—one so highly mutated, so drastically different that it changed the trajectory of the ...

Researchers have developed a model that predicts the likely evolution of variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The model predicts which variants can escape human immunity, spread through the population ...

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 ...

Scientists studying the virus’s continuing evolution, and the body’s immune responses, hope to head off a resurgence and to better understand long Covid. By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva Mandavilli has ...

A study published in the journal Nature provides the prevalence of persistent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection at the population level and describes how ...

As coronavirus concerns increase with the changing of the seasons, the most commonly used oral antiviral treatments are in the spotlight once again. Lagevrio acts by introducing mutations, destroying ...

Allowing the SARS-CoV-2 virus unimpeded access to billions of people has raised the alarm among scientists that viral evolution will most likely lead to another event similar to the one experienced in ...

Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world.The germ didn't have a name, nor did the illness it would cause. It wound up setting off a ...