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Science's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation Coronaviruses, already notorious for spilling over into people from various animals and causing new diseases—most catastrophically, COVID-19—may jump into humans even more often than researchers suspected. Last week, an international collaboration that went looking for known or novel viruses in pneumonia patients in Malaysia reported that in eight children, they found signs of a coronavirus that may have originated in dogs. Earlier this year another group reported a coronavirus that appears to have jumped from pigs...

Concern over children catching new Covid strain from pet dogs. (Canva) A new strain of coronavirus which originated in dogs is infecting children, new research suggests. A study of Clinical Infectious Diseases in the US shows that coronavirus can be transmitted to humans from domestic pets, sparking concerns among scientists of further health crises in the future. Study Co author Dr Anastasia Vlasova, of The Ohio State University, said: "At this point, we don't see any reasons to expect another pandemic from this virus. “But I can't say that’s never going to be a concern." Li...

Concern over children catching new Covid strain from pet dogs. (Canva) A new strain of coronavirus which originated in dogs is infecting children, new research suggests. A study of Clinical Infectious Diseases in the US shows that coronavirus can be transmitted to humans from domestic pets, sparking concerns among scientists of further health crises in the future. Study Co author Dr Anastasia Vlasova, of The Ohio State University, said: "At this point, we don't see any reasons to expect another pandemic from this virus. “But I can't say that’s never going to be a concern." Li...

Concern over children catching new Covid strain from pet dogs. (Canva) A new strain of coronavirus which originated in dogs is infecting children, new research suggests. A study of Clinical Infectious Diseases in the US shows that coronavirus can be transmitted to humans from domestic pets, sparking concerns among scientists of further health crises in the future. Study Co author Dr Anastasia Vlasova, of The Ohio State University, said: "At this point, we don't see any reasons to expect another pandemic from this virus. “But I can't say that’s never going to be a concern." Li...

It is not yet clear if the virus poses a serious threat, but researchers are concerned animal to human infections will become more frequent.