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Many pandemic viruses emerged naturally – but there’s one that most likely came from a lab - Research provides benchmark for distinguishing natural outbreaks from scenarios involving lab leaks ...

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

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal viruses become capable of sparking human epidemics and pandemics. Using a ...

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 ...

Problems with iron levels in the blood and the body's ability to regulate this important nutrient as a result of SARS-CoV-2 ...

Mark Cameron is no stranger to fast-moving, highly contagious respiratory viruses. Cameron, an associate professor in the university’s Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences in the ...

As the Chinese public’s frustrations about zero-COVID policies mount, health experts are learning about the approach's pros and cons.

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