The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching an institute to track disease-spreading infectious pathogens at the genetic ...

Covid has largely dropped out of the headlines, but the virus that causes it is still circulating. We ask what we should know about a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the state of the Covid pandemic in 2025 ...

The virus killed at least 20 million people, wiped at least $10 trillion from the global economy and upended billions of ...

Two new Omicron subvariants are gaining ground in the U.S. as some people report experiencing respiratory symptoms like ...

A new Omicron subvariant has caused infections and deaths in South and Southeast Asia. Europe may see a spike after ...

A new Covid-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, or Nimbus, represents about a third of new US Covid-19 cases. Dr. Leana Wen answers ...

The COVID-19 Nimbus variant is on the rise in the U.S. as many report a painful symptom known as "razor blade throat." If you ...

The newest concerning variant of covid-19 is rapidly advancing across the U.S. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

NB.1.8.1 has mutations that could increase the virus’s transmissibility and decrease the efficacy of certain neutralizing antibodies against it.

As it replicates in the cells of those it infects, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, ... Researchers find an antibody that targets omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants (2023, April 7) ...

Perhaps the members of the Omicron lineage are already so good at moving among hosts that the virus hasn’t needed a major upgrade since. If that’s the case, SARS-CoV-2 may end up a victim of ...