The initial spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 might have been accelerated by the wildlife trade, similar to what happened with the SARS outbreak in 2002, according to a study by UC San Diego ...

Here’s some background information about SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome. Since 2004, there have been no known cases of SARS reported anywhere in the world. SARS is an acute viral respiratory ...

New research on the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak puts another nail in the lab leak theory's coffin. That theory claims the virus was either created in or studied at a laboratory in Wuhan, China, ...

Scientists have discovered why some coronaviruses are more likely to cause severe disease, which has remained a mystery, until now. Researchers of the University of Bristol-led study, published in ...