In a research published in the PLOS Journal, the scientists in China have revealed about some never-before-seen viruses in the bats that live close to humans. These viruses are quite closely related ...

For the vaccination regimens, 0.5 μg prototyped SARS-CoV-2 inactivated vaccines (BBIBP-corv) combined with 22.5 μg aluminum hydroxide adjuvant (Croda) or 0.5×10 10 viral particles (VP) of adenovirus 5 ...

Alarmingly, scientists have recently discovered a new coronavirus variant in China, named HKU5-CoV-2, which they say is only a small mutation away from being able to infect humans. So, Covid-19, our ...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a worldwide threat and effective antiviral drugs and vaccines are being developed in a joint global effort. However, some elderly and ...

HKU5 merbecoviruses have been found across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. They seem to use a viral spike protein to bind to host cells, and they utilize ACE2 to infect those cells (like ...

Children and adolescents have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease after SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with uninfected individuals, according to results of a study in Nature Communications.

Newsletter sign up HKU5 is naturally found in the Japanese house bat (Image credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images) By Justin Klawans, The Week US published 2 weeks ago ...

While HKU5 in its current form is unlikely to infect humans, scientists say this could change if it were to mutate. Even though most merbecoviruses are "unlikely to have the capacity to infect ...

A new SARS-CoV-2 variant, NB.1.8.1, may now account for more than one-third of all COVID-19 cases in the US, health officials say.

"These viruses are so closely related to MERS, so we have to be concerned if they ever infect humans," said virologist Michael Letko.

ACE2 from Pipistrellus abramus bats is a receptor for HKU5 coronaviruses. Nature Communications, 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60286-3 ...