But scientists say there are practical and ethical challenges to overcome before the strategy could be deployed in real-world settings.

A new study has found that the possibility of the coronavirus leaking from a laboratory is low. The research suggests that COVID-19 was a virus commonly found in animal hosts before spreading to ...

Large-scale evolutionary analysis shows most zoonotic viruses emerge without prior adaptation, while passing through a laboratory leaves detectable genetic signatures, offering a new tool to interpret ...

In a new study, researchers across three US states analyzed seven viral outbreaks in recent decades, including Covid, Ebola ...

Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

GAO also examined how HHS agencies review and oversee the pathogen research they fund or conduct. It found that while HHS shares some information about high-risk research with federal stakeholders, ...

From vaccines to semiconductors, the scientific method made the U.S. a superpower. Abandoning it could reverse decades of ...

The famous Joranda Mela, held on Magha Purnima, will be organised amid COVID-19 restrictions from February 25 to February 27 this year ...

The Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, that World Health Organization (WHO) officials visit in 2021 to investigate the origins of COVID-19. /AFP-Yonhap The allegation that the COVID-19 virus ...

Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic, which had claimed over 7 million lives worldwide by April 2024 (figures are no longer being tracked), we are still debating the origins of this novel virus. The ...

The Free Market Foundation highlights the detrimental effects of the illicit tobacco trade in South Africa, exacerbated by the government's Covid-19 tobacco ban. This article explores the economic and ...