During viral replication, defective genomes may arise that lack essential sequences. These so-called defective genomes cannot replicate unless they are in ...

When the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first detected in the UK in December 2020 it was accompanied by unsubstantiated claims of increased ...

Niclosamide (pictured) is a drug that has been approved in humans to treat infections with a variety of tapeworms. It might be useful for preventing ...

In our quest to stop the COVID-19 pandemic by vaccination, we have been myopically focussed on inducing antibodies against the spike protein. As ...

Many breeders and mare owners are working to inform themselves more on this disease, as the devastating effects are being felt by those who haven't checked ...

Vaccines work by educating the host’s immune system to recall the identity of a virus years after the initial encounter, a phenomenon called immune memory. ...

Many virology terms are being used these days by people who do not understand their meaning. Included are journalists, medical doctors, scientists, ...

It is well past the time to stop blaming a laboratory in China for the release of SARS-CoV-2. Such fallacies reflect an ignorance of scientific facts, ...

Vaccine development has far outpaced antiviral discovery for COVID-19. Hydroxychloroquine was a disaster, and the repurposed remdesivir, which must be ...

During normal immune response against infection the human body significantly increases the level of lymphocytes and cytokine cells used to eliminate ...