These changes in its genome favor the virus's ability to spread and adapt to mammals, such as cows. In March 2024, an ...

During those terrifying early days of the pandemic, scientists offered one piece of reassuring news about the novel coronavirus: It mutated slowly. The earliest mutations did not appear to be ...

Avian influenza viruses typically require several mutations to adapt and spread among humans, but what happens when just one change can increase the risk of becoming a pandemic virus? A recent study ...

FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, ...

At least 58 people in the U.S. have been infected by the H5N1 bird flu virus this year, according to federal statistics. All but two of them had been around cows or chickens, two species in which H5N1 ...

The EVT Viral Genomics and Sequencing Lab at LSU Health Shreveport says it is the first in the state to sequence and report that a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, researchers say it is important to track how the coronavirus mutates because it could affect the efficacy of a vaccine. Like all living cells, viruses evolve their ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you’ve been following news of the COVID-19 pandemic, you’ve probably seen a lot of chatter over the past week about mutations and the number of mutations the omicron variant is ...

A new study has raised alarm bells about the potential for the H5N1 bird flu virus to evolve into a strain sparking a human pandemic. A single mutation in the virus currently ravaging dairy farms ...

A single mutation stands in the way of a drug's effectiveness. Understanding it helps find new therapeutic approaches. So far, there are no specific drugs to treat the hepatitis E virus. Doctors only ...

One mutation may make the Zika virus more infectious and better able to evade existing immunity, new research shows. On Tuesday, a team of researchers in California, Texas, and Mexico published a ...