The name coronavirus comes from the appearance of the virus under the microscope – it has a spiky or crown-like (corona) appearance. Both diseases can be fatal to humans. SARS is caused by ...

As head of a team studying bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), she faced accusations about the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Some speculated that the virus accidentally escaped ...

Coypu and rabbits were free of the virus, but common Chinese pets and food animals like dogs, cats, sheep and goats remain untested, Klaus Stöhr, director of the World Health Organization's global ...

The Government's response to the Sars virus outbreak was branded as 'feeble' today. Shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox called on ministers to use powers to detain people suspected of having the ...

A team at UC San Francisco and Gladstone Institutes has developed new drug candidates that show great promise against the ...

The highest risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 was in the first 72 hours at room temperature and first 24 hours at 37℃.

“Natural spillovers have multiple markets,” Quay disagreed at another point, referencing how the SARS virus ripped through ...

Dr Jim Hughes, of the US Centers for Disease Control, said he did not think severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) could be eradicated in the Far East. Sars has infected at least 2,700 people ...

Data regarding the correlates of protection, animal models and the available evidence regarding potential vaccine enhancement of SARS disease are discussed. While there is much evidence that ...

The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread, according to researchers at ...

COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. It can do a lot of damage to your respiratory tract, which includes your lungs. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is part of the coronavirus family.