The COVID-19-causing coronavirus is mutating as it spreads around the world in the pandemic, but none of the mutations currently documented appears to be making it able to spread more rapidly, ...

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A genetic analysis sheds light on when the outbreak began, how the virus spread and where it may be going. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes The bird flu virus sweeping across dairy farms in ...

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

Once HIV infects a cell, the virus inserts its genetic information into the DNA, making the infection generally incurable.

Genetic analysis of H5N1 bird flu viruses from a severely ill patient in Louisiana revealed multiple mutations that may enhance the virus’s ability to bind to human upper airway cells, the Centers for ...

NICOSIA – The head of the Cyprus veterinarians association on Wednesday dismissed as greatly exaggerated the claims that a local mutation of a feline virus has killed as many as 300,000 cats on the ...

These changes in its genome favor the virus's ability to spread and adapt to mammals, such as cows. In March 2024, an outbreak of avian flu was first detected in dairy cows, specifically on farms in ...

Cyprus’ veterinarians association on Friday lauded a government decision to allow its stock of human coronavirus medication to be used on cats to fight a local mutation of a feline virus that has ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The head of the ...