The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the need for new broad-range antiviral medications. While many bacterial infections can be treated with the same medications, antiviral ...

LONDON - Scientists have confirmed the identity of the virus that causes the lethal new disease known as severe acute respiratory syndrome, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, marking an ...

The global SARS outbreak lasted from late 2002 to mid-2003. During this time, over 8,000 people contracted the virus and 774 people died. The origin of SARS-CoV is thought to be bats. It’s believed ...

HONG KONG -- The World Health Organization removed the last SARS hot spot -- Taiwan -- from its list of infected areas, saying Saturday the illness that killed more than 800 people worldwide has been ...

So far, the U.S. has been lucky. It has been nearly six months since the SARS outbreak emerged and more than six weeks since the illness spread from its birthplace in southern China to put the world ...

The SARS-like virus has killed two more people, bringing the death toll to 11. March 27, 2013— -- The mysterious SARS-like virus that appears to be originating in the Middle East has claimed two ...

The frightening respiratory disease SARS, which paralyzed much of Asia in the spring of 2003, has since faded from the headlines, obscured by rising new threats like avian influenza. But scientists ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread among wildlife species, according to new research. The virus was detected in six common backyard species, and antibodies indicating prior ...