The bat virus HKU5-CoV-2 contains a feature known as the furin cleavage site that helps it to enter cells via the ACE2 receptor protein on cell surfaces ...

CoV-2, was found in horseshoe bats in China and can bind to human cells in the same way as SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid ...

A research team led by "bat lady" Shi Zhengli found a new bat strain of coronavirus, which could pose a potential threat on ...

Pathogens such as the coronavirus can travel around the world at a speed that too often outpaces governments’ ability to detect, treat, cure, and prevent diseases. Even the best-funded health care ...

Although definitions of gain-of-function differ, investigative reports leave no question researchers manipulated ...

Our air quality is affected by nearby environmental factors, as well as ripple effects from thousands of miles away.

The World Health Organization (WHO) was established in 1948 as a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN), leading worldwide health initiatives and projects where they are needed, both nationally ...

China has firmly denied that its Wuhan Institute of Virology conducted gain-of-function studies on coronavirus, rejecting ...

On this day in 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) named a disease spreading from Wuhan, China, COVID-19. On Feb. 11, ...

China is on a clear course to become the world’s first “electrostate" — and is likely to eclipse the U.S. in atomic power in ...

The executive order cites the organization ... WHO would make the world far less healthy and safe,” Lawrence Gostin, director of the WHO Collaborating Center on Global Health Law at Georgetown ...