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Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has spread in herds since last year

Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people

A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies around the world since the COVID-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab? Now, the US Department of Energy has assessed with “low confidence” in that it began with a lab leak, according to…

Did the coronavirus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab

Since its founding in 2007, the independently funded investigative organization ProPublica has exposed wrongdoing at all levels of government and shined a light on corporate misbehavior, collecting six Pulitzer Prizes in the process and securing a reputation for painstaking, accurate journalism.

‘Pandemic likely arose from at least two separate infections of humans from animals at the Huanan market,’ scientists say

Not long after the World Health Organization and China released a report last year dismissing the possibility that the SARS-CoV-2 virus originated in a lab leak, scientists from major research institutions around the world noted the paucity of the published data, and advocated for a rigorous scientific investigation into the…

Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold

A new study caused a flurry of fresh claims this week that mRNA vaccines can alter your DNA. But experts say there's little in the study to support that.