Can vaccine evading SARS-CoV-2 variants be restricted by prioritized vaccine rollout?

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), continues to disrupt global

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Lab Leak: A Scientific Debate Mired in Politics — and Unresolved

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Nikolai Petrovsky was scrolling through social

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New research proposes innovative antibody-based treatment to prevent SARS-CoV-2 viral entry

A brief report by researchers at the University of Virginia, USA, proposes using an antibody-based treatment with a plug-and-play strategy

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Researchers assess SARS-CoV-2 surface contamination risks in hospital setting

The high infectivity and rapid transmissibility of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has called for various

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Neanderthal gene can confer protection against severe COVID-19, finds study

Some of the genes in the human genome appear to confer a protective effect against severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),

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