In a recent study posted to the Research Square preprint* server, researchers evaluate how the D614G and P681H mutations alter the attributes of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, a team of researchers investigated P323L in RNA polymerase (NSP12) and D614G in the spike (S) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

University of Hawaii professor Tao Yan, left, from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, along with postdoctoral researchers Doris Di and Bo Li, collect wastewater samples to analyze ...

The virus that causes COVID-19 is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious. The number of virus strains present in each zip code in Houston during the second wave ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say their new studies suggest that the first pandemic-accelerating mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, evolved as a way to correct ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say their new studies suggest that the first pandemic-accelerating mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, evolved as a way to correct ...

There’s considerable discussion about whether COVID vaccines are responsible for the barrage of variants that keep hitting us. Is selective pressure driving this – like with bacteria and antibiotics?

2021 was a year of coronavirus variants. Alpha and beta kicked off the year, and several worrisome variants later, omicron is closing it out. How omicron may come to define the pandemic’s future ...