Revealed: property developers behind ‘breakfast club’ that donated £130,000 to Labour Funding from property firms raises questions over loopholes in political finance rules The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2024
Did COVID Come From a Lab? Author Matt Ridley debates virologist Stephen Goldstein on the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Reason · Jul 19, 2024
A new flu is spilling over from cows to people in the U.S. How worried should we be? Pigs and goats likely catch it too. It's been found in humans' noses in the Southwest — and in the air at airports and at chicken farms in Malaysia. WEKU · Mar 29, 2023
COVID-19 report based on China samples puts suspicion back to animal origins A new analysis of samples taken from a market in Wuhan, China, during the early days of the pandemic are the strongest evidence yet that the COVID-19 virus jumped from animals to humans, some researchers say. Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2023
China should share raccoon dog data in probe of COVID-19 origins, WHO says The World Health Organization called on China to fully share genetic data that may help discern the origins of COVID-19 after it appeared briefly on an international database. Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2023
New COVID Origins Data Point to Raccoon Dogs in China Market Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, suggesting the pandemic may have originated from animals, not a lab, international experts say. Other experts have not yet verified their analysis, which has yet… Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 17, 2023
New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market The mystery to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic now has some new clues The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023
How do pandemics begin? There's a new theory — and a new strategy to thwart them Animals carry millions of pathogens. So it's a daunting task to find the one with the greatest potential to spark a pandemic. Now scientists are rethinking the way they hunt for that next new virus. WEKU · Feb 15, 2023
COVID originated in Wuhan market, Australian-backed study concludes Scientists have detailed the "most compelling and most detailed" evidence showing COVID-19 originated at a fish market in Wuhan, China. The New Daily · Jul 26, 2022
Why BA.5 is not a super-virus, and how the vaccines are still the best option against COVID The BA.5 “subvariant” of the coronavirus has rapidly become dominant in the United States, and rising COVID-19 case numbers are dashing hopes for a summer break from the pandemic. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 13, 2022
China variants and Omicron XE put fresh focus on Covid mutations BEIJING: The disclosure of new Covid variants emerging in China and the rise of a potentially more transmissible strain in the UK has recast the spotlight on the ongoing risk of the virus, even as health experts say there’s no reason to panic. The Times of India · Apr 4, 2022