SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, infects cells by binding its spike protein to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors.

“The effectiveness of the COVID vaccines can vary depending on which variants are targeted in the vaccine, which variants are circulating, and host factors,” said Shirin A. Mazumder, MD, and ...

The man’s case didn’t give rise to any widespread variant, but it gave Gupta, with his HIV evolution background, the idea ...

Time’s passage may have granted the illusion of distance, but we are living in a world that has yet to put the effects of ...

Colorado Springs Bike Swap —10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 12, SoccerHaus, 4845 List Drive; $5 admission to benefit Kids on Bikes and Colorado Springs Bike Association, free for ages 12 and younger. Tickets: ...

Local Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter works to provide meals for elementary students through its Empower Our Families initiative.

Another recent federal study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics in February, showed approximately 1.01 million ...

In the early, uncertain days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists delivered one comforting pronouncement: The virus that caused COVID mutates rather slowly. If that remained true, the virus would ...

Monoclonal antibodies like etesevimab have lost efficacy against Omicron subvariants, necessitating innovative solutions.

SARS-CoV-2 has been evolving the ability to evade the immune system about twice as fast as the fastest-evolving flu virus. It ...

The virus that causes COVID-19 continues to mutate. Scientists say that's likely to continue indefinitely, and the virus will ...