UNCOVERED: Virology - Caught on Camera

Anthropic Insiders Confirm: AI Could Kill Us — And There's No Plan Yet

Anthropic's own alignment lead puts extinction odds above 10%. Here's what the science, resignations, and data actually say about AI risk.

Latin Times · 7h ago

How Fruit Bats in Kerala Triggered India's 2018 Nipah Outbreak and What It Revealed About Zoonotic Spillover

The Kozhikode Cluster That Alarmed EpidemiologistsIn May 2018, seventeen people died in Kozhikode district within weeks of each other. The deaths came fast and with alarming symptoms: sudden fever, disorientation, and in several cases, acute encephalitis. The Kerala health department, working with the National Institute of Virology in Pune, confirmed…

Times Life · Aug 23

Why David Morens pleaded guilty over COVID-era emails and research records

David Morens, a former adviser to Anthony Fauci, pleaded guilty to defrauding the US government. He admitted to concealing federal records related to COVID-19 research and pandemic communications. Morens used personal emails to keep official business from public record requests. This case involves a controversial NIH grant linked to the…

The Economic Times · Aug 19

How is the new Wuhan coronavirus different from the old? Key differences between SARS-CoV-2 and HKU5-CoV-2

Five years after SARS-CoV-2 triggered a worldwide pandemic, leading to widespread devastation, another bat-borne coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 - a distant cousin of Covid-19 has been discovered in China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. It has caused concern as the new bat coronavirus is capable of binding to the ACE2 reception in human…

The Times of India · Feb 24, 2025

Is China's Wuhan lab getting ready for another outbreak?

The globe is still getting over the catastrophic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Are we safe, nevertheless, still? There are also persistent worries about further epidemics. Experts from over the world are keeping a careful eye on changes as new diseases and strains keep popping up, especially at China's Wuhan…

The Times of India · Sep 12, 2024

Biden Administration Strips Federal Funding From Nonprofit at Center of COVID Lab Leak Controversy

Federal officials say EcoHealth Alliance failed to properly report on its gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and to monitor safety conditions there.

Reason · May 15, 2024

Scientist fed classified information to China, says Canada intelligence report

Report says Xiangguo Qiu secretly worked with Wuhan Institute for Virology and posed a ‘threat to Canada’s economic security’

The Guardian - US · Feb 29, 2024

KSUM representatives visit Institute of Advanced Virology to explore opportunities for co-development

KSUM representatives visit Institute of Advanced Virology to explore opportunities for co-development

The Hindu · Feb 2, 2024

Ultra-processed foods: here's what the evidence actually says about them

The perils of ultra-processed foods received widespread coverage in recent months – thanks in no small part to the publication and promotion of TV presenter and doctor of virology Chris Van Tulleken’s book Ultra-Processed People.

The Conversation · Jan 15, 2024

Zika: 888 houses in five villages of containment zone in Chickballapur under surveillance

The State Health Department, which is closely monitoring the situation in Chickballapur after a mosquito pool in Thalakayalbetta village of the district was found to be positive for Zika, has sent serum samples of 30 pregnant women from five villages in the containment zone to the National Institute of Virology…

The Hindu · Nov 3, 2023