The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning in Wuhan in late 2019, was marred by government censorship that hindered timely ...

Rising star scientist leaves US and returns to his alma mater where he will research viruses that can cause life-threatening ...

There is an old saying: Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern. Sometimes that saying needs to ...

The Chinese city of Wuhan has already made headlines during the coronavirus pandemic. In 2019, the first case of COVID-19 ...

A heated Senate exchange erupts as Sen. Josh Hawley confronts NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya over U.S. funding streams to ...

Farming animals for fur is not only cruel but also provides an ideal environment for viruses to mix and cross over into ...

Gain of function research is a controversial form of science that tries to enhance deadly viruses and bacteria to make them ...

A study in Emerging Microbes & Infections reports that VV116—an oral antiviral already approved for Covid-19 treatment in China and Uzbekistan—strongly inhibited Nipah virus strains in the lab and ...

Five years since winning the Games, there’s some ink on paper but not a shovel (let alone) grader in the ground of Queensland ...

The death of Dr Li Wenliang in February 2020 became a turning point in China’s online discourse. His silencing and passing ...

The world needs to be alarmed whenever a superpower can turn against its own people. That brutality would not be limited to domestic abuses. The world has witnessed enough of the imperialism game.

India's Health Ministry has reported two Nipah virus cases in its eastern state of West Bengal since December, as active surveillance of suspected cases continues. Meanwhile, several Southeast Asian ...