The discovery of a new bat coronavirus in China has sparked concerns of another pandemic. The virus, HKU5-CoV-2, is similar ...

HKU5-CoV-2, belongs to the merbecovirus subgenus, which includes the Mers virus. This newly isolated strain can bind to the ...

A Chinese team discovered a new bat coronavirus that poses a risk of animal-to-human transmission as it uses the same human ...

Now, four years after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in China's Wuhan, the world faces the looming threat of another global pandemic due to another lethal and highly transmissible ...

This newly isolated strain can bind to the ACE2 receptor in human cells, the same pathway used by the Covid-19 virus.

Still recovering from heavy spending during the pandemic, hospitals are squeezed by a slumping economy and government efforts ...

A new study led by Shi Zhengli, the Chinese scientist at the centre of research that’s suspected to have caused the Covid-19 ...

Chinese researchers have identified a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, capable of infecting human cells, sparking renewed discussions about zoonotic ...

CoV-2, has been discovered in China and is “strikingly similar to the pandemic virus” and feared to be powerful ...

Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, 73, has abruptly resigned from his post as acting director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

More than five years on, studies suggest the animal is the most likely culprit, but other candidates haven't been ruled out.

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, began in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. The first case of the virus was identified in December 2019 and was linked to a seafood market in ...