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 ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Human behavior may have influenced the evolution of new strains of COVID-19, new AI models suggest. Vaccination and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Drugs are potent weapons against viral pathogens. During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were intensive efforts to discover and implement antiviral drugs that could treat SARS-CoV-2 ...

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 ...

Researchers at Mount Sinai have produced high‑resolution structural maps of antibodies generated after initial mRNA COVID‑19 vaccination, revealing why some lose potency against evolving SARS‑CoV‑2 ...