When the COVID-19 pandemic first began, we saw how quickly the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolved. New variants emerged with mutations that increased transmissibility or helped the virus evade our immune ...

A slow immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection, delayed viral clearance, and viral rebound can all increase a person’s risk ...

This pairing of antibodies was shown to be effective against the initial SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused the pandemic ... biology staff scientist Morgan Abernathy; life science researcher Yu E.

Back in 2021, at the height of the pandemic, scientists at Pfizer revealed the development of a novel antiviral molecule, ...

Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have discovered a new lineage of a coronavirus in bats that can enter human cells in a similar fashion as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...

Researchers have discovered a virus that could enter human cells in a similar way to COVID-19. But they caution it's much more poorly adapted to humans.

More than 1.2 million Americans have died from COVID since the pandemic was first declared March 11, 2020. That includes some 101,000 Californians who died from SARS-CoV-2. Bay Area families who ...

Scientists found that it can bind to human ACE2 receptors, similar to SARS-CoV-2 (the virus behind COVID-19). This suggests it has the potential for animal-to-human transmission. Experts note that ...

The discovery of a new bat coronavirus in China has sparked concerns about another pandemic. The virus, named HKU5-CoV-2, is similar to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in that it ...