SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, affects more than just the lungs and airways. Here's how this virus enters cells and the symptoms that can arise from infecting different parts of the body.

New antivirals and vaccines could follow the discovery by Australian researchers of strategies used by viruses to control our ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway it uses could transform prevention and treatment. Read the paper: LRP8 is a ...

Feb 21 (Reuters) - A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it ...