Real time RT–PCR is one of the most widely used laboratory methods for detecting the COVID-19 virus. While many countries have used real time RT–PCR for diagnosing other diseases, such as the Ebola ...

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. “It still feels kind of incomplete,” said ...

False. The Covid-19 virus does exist. It has been isolated many times and continues to be detected in tests. A post on Instagram liked more than 74,000 times shares a video clip in which a woman ...

Found in people who successfully recovered from the illness, these antibodies attach to a part of the COVID-19 virus that doesn't appear to mutate, potentially allowing them to last longer in the ...

Half a decade after the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, China is now confronting a new viral outbreak, this time caused by the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). Reports and social media posts highlight ...

What have scientists learned about COVID-19 since the pandemic began? Al-Aly: We learned it’s an airborne virus. We learned that, unfortunately, it was [and still can be] fatal. More than 1 ...

Questions remain over where COVID came from and how long it spread undetected. Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic, leading to stay at ...