The first reports of coronavirus — a group of viruses that includes COVID-19 and other diseases — go back to the 1930s.

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Ancient viral fossils buried in our DNA are offering fresh clues about how today’s respiratory pathogens infect and spread.

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The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed an unprecedented global crisis, challenging public health systems and igniting fierce debates ...

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Containment of any infectious agent is impossible without knowledge of its transmission.

Unraveling mechanisms underlying post-acute SARS-CoV-2 sequelae (long COVID) and finding therapeutic solutions require a full understanding of the causative role of SARS-CoV-2 persistence and/or ...

A person came down with an atypical form of pneumonia in November 2002, but it would be two months before anyone realized it ...

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Virus entry is thought to involve binding a unique receptor for cell attachment and cytosolic entry. For SARS-CoV-2 underlying the COVID-19 pandemic, angiotensin- converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is widely ...