SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread among wildlife species, according to new research. The virus was detected in six common backyard species, and antibodies indicating prior ...

In early 2020, as the pandemic was looming, Dr. Anthony Fauci corresponded with a group of scientists about the possibility that the COVID-19 virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China. After a ...

Since COVID-19 first took off, political leaders, infectious disease specialists, and the lay public have debated its origins. Eventually, two hypotheses emerged: Either the virus crossed over from ...

Inside the high-security Influenza Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, two experienced scientists were pulling ferrets out of their HEPA-filtered cages on a Monday in December ...

In what may be one of the most important HIV research breakthroughs in years, scientists have discovered a strikingly ...

Hundreds of deadly virus samples are missing from a laboratory in Australia, the Queensland government announced on Monday. The government has instructed Queensland Health — Australia’s public health ...

WASHINGTON -- Dr. Anthony Fauci is refuting an unsubstantiated theory linking the origin of the novel coronavirus outbreak to a possible accident at a Chinese virology laboratory. Subsequently asked ...

A new analysis that began under the Biden administration is released by the C.I.A.’s new director, John Ratcliffe, who wants the agency to get “off the sidelines” in the debate. By Julian E. Barnes ...

The Energy Department said it reached the conclusion with "low confidence." The news that the U.S. Department of Energy now believes with "low confidence" that the COVID-19 pandemic "most likely" was ...