So when the open-source foundation model DeepSeek-R1 suddenly outperformed many global peers, it struck a nerve. This launch ...

A contagious new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is now dominant in the United States, CDC data show. What to know about symptoms and vaccines.

Rapid diagnostic technologies have played a pivotal role in enabling swift and accurate identification of pathogens, providing a significant boost to the global healthcare sector in recent years.

The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching ...

Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

Scientists remain divided on the origins of the COVID-19 virus, with limited data and no consensus reached after years of ...

All hypotheses on how the COVID-19 pandemic began remain open, the World Health Organization said Friday, following an ...

All hypotheses on how the Covid-19 pandemic began remain open, the World Health Organization said, following an inconclusive ...

Mutations can also help viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 spread in many other ways. Some could make sick people contagious for longer periods of time, for example.

The initial spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 might have been accelerated by the wildlife trade, similar to what happened with the SARS outbreak in 2002, according to a study by UC San ...

On Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the Omicron JN.1 strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, a “variant of interest” due to its rapid global spread.

Over the past few days, scientists throughout the world have increasingly sounded the alarm over the emergence of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Identified as BA.2.86 ...