Credit: NIAID-RML Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that usually cause mild to moderate upper-respiratory tract illnesses, like the common cold. However, three new…
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University of Oklahoma Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation file for FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 detection test…
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the…
In an unprecedented effort, hundreds of thousands of researchers and clinicians worldwide are locked in a race against time to develop cures, vaccines, and better…
A mother fruit bat with her nursing pup. These fruit bats (Rousettus madagascariensis) from Ankarana in northern Madagascar are from a species that carries a…
An exploratory randomized, controlled study on the safety and efficacy of either lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) or Arbidol — antivirals that are used in some countries against…
Shuguang Zhang, a scientist in MIT’s Media Lab, has been developing antibody-like proteins that can fuse to cytokine receptors and potentially block a “cytokine storm,”…
A 3D print of a spike protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. University of Iowa and University of Georgia are…
The highly infectious and deadly Ebola virus is shown in this research photo from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Ebola virus disease…
Research due to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)* shows that using paper towels is substantially more…
Researchers are urging health authorities to immediately recognize the role of airborne transmission of COVID-19 virus droplets from an infected person beyond 1.5m in order…
Antiviral Drug Baloxavir Reduces Transmission of Flu Virus in Animal Study Baloxavir treatment reduced transmission of the flu virus from infected ferrets to healthy ferrets,…
A team of Chinese scientists has reported the high-resolution crystal structure of the main protease (Mpro) of the COVID-19 virus and has identified drugs that…
The antibody test developed at Stanford Medicine relies on enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technology and is conducted using an ELISA plate, such as the one shown…
An analysis by two Stanford Medicine researchers challenges the assumption that people are unlikely to have COVID-19 if they have another type of viral respiratory…
Dead bats for sale hang in an Indonesian market. Credit: UC Davis The same processes that threaten wildlife increase our risk of spillover. As COVID-19…
A 3D print of a spike protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. University of Iowa and University of Georgia are…
‘Brown tide virus’ is a member of a class called the giant viruses. Researchers have discovered genes for key cellular metabolic cycles in many giant…
Artists impression of “killing” the COVID-19 coronavirus. While shown to be effective in the lab environment, Ivermectin cannot be used in humans for COVID-19 until…
Remdesivir was developed for Ebola and has antiviral activity for coronaviruses. Northwestern Medicine has enrolled its first participants in a new international clinical drug trial for…