Understanding the patterns of diversity in bat-hosted viruses may help researchers better predict when and where outbreaks may occur.

Researchers are searching for ways to prevent the coronavirus from attaching to DPP-4 receptors, blocking it from invading and replicating within host cells.

Researchers report evidence of past Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in two people in the country.

Scientists conduct the first MERS-CoV vaccine trials in camels and provide viral lineage evidence of camel-to-human transfer.

The creation of a chimeric SARS-like virus has scientists discussing the risks of gain-of-function research.

The experimental vaccine protects monkeys against the coronavirus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome and elicits an immune response in camels.

Scientists wonder whether they can obtain the resources to test experimental vaccines and treatments in humans.

The Philippine Department of Health confirms a second case of Middle East respiratory syndrome in the country, while health officials in Thailand confirm their nation’s first case.

New research finds that a treatment for Middle East respiratory syndrome can prevent and treat the disease in mice, while an experimental vaccine moves into human testing.

Questions about the transmission and pathogenesis of Middle East respiratory syndrome remain as the coronavirus spreads.