The nuanced finding suggests the agency believes the totality of evidence makes a lab origin more likely than a natural ...

Yet until recently, scientists didn’t fully understand why bats are so good at harboring pathogens that don’t seem to harm ...

The assessment released Saturday points at China while acknowledging that the CIA has “low confidence” in its own conclusion.

Probes are designed to target both conserved genetic elements and species-specific regions ... to detect a broader range of known and unknown viruses. If viruses cannot be found through microarray ...

The research is part of global efforts to prevent viral spillover between animals and humans ... their receptor and helps pinpoint unknown hosts of these viruses. "The fundamental question ...

A virus discovered in Salzburg affects chamois and causes severe meningitis. It is unclear whether this could also be dangerous for humans. What is ...