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 ...

Scientists have issued a warning that a newly identified coronavirus strain, HKU5-CoV-2, may be just one mutation away from becoming transmissible to humans and potentially triggering another global ...

A team of researchers from Washington State University fear the newly-discovered HKU5-CoV-2 coronavirus found in China could mutate enough to cause a pandemic ...

When a nation bears the blame for more than 7 million deaths worldwide, what is Washington going to do? More than 1.2 million Americans died as a result of a plague that began in China.

A dangerous new coronavirus discovered in China could spark the next pandemic, American scientists have warned. According to researchers from Washington State University, the new HKU5-CoV-2 virus is ...

The pathogen detected in the virus is closely linked to MERS, an extremely lethal virus that can kill upto a third of its affected.

They gave the world a virus. Now they're playing with fungus. They hacked your phone. They might already own your network.

A group of little-known bat viruses may be dangerously close to acquiring the ability to infect humans, raising alarms among virologists about the next potential spillover event. According to a new ...

When a nation bears the blame for more than 7 million deaths worldwide, what is Washington going to do? More than 1.2 million Americans died as a result of a plague that began in China.

Dr. Fiona Havers, who studied medicine at the University of Washington, says the wholesale dismissal of the CDC's scientific ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald ... that Chinese officials didn't know about the virus before the initial outbreak. Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, told reporters in January ...