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Raccoon dogs emerge as possible COVID-19 source in new analysis

MELBOURNE, Australia — New data linking COVID-19 to raccoon dogs in a Wuhan wet market provides “important incremental evidence” supporting the hypothesis that the virus originated in wildlife, according to a scientist who has studied the genesis of the pandemic in China.

Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2023

Are raccoon dogs the missing link in the mystery of COVID-19's origins? The answer depends on whom you talk to

New molecular evidence pointing to their presence at the Wuhan wet market tied to COVID's early days is either a smoking gun or a red herring, experts say.

Fortune · Mar 17, 2023

WHO calls on China to share data on raccoon dog link to pandemic. Here's what we know

Data was released briefly, then rescinded. As NPR reported previously, there is already strong evidence pointing to these animals in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan.

WEKU · Mar 17, 2023

On 3/11/20, WHO declared a pandemic. These quotes and photos recall that historic time

Three years ago, the novel coronavirus swept the world. Here are 24 quotes and 13 photos that sum up the reaction in the weeks before the World Health Organization's declaration of a global pandemic.

WEKU · Mar 10, 2023

Editorial: Setting the record straight on Redfield, racism and the origins of COVID

“I think the most upsetting thing to me was The Baltimore Sun calling me a racist because I said this came from a Wuhan lab.”

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2023

Downing Street won't rule out Covid having started in a Wuhan lab leak

The Prime Minister's spokesman said the theory remains 'on the table'

Wales Online · Mar 10, 2023

Disputes over COVID's origins reveal an intelligence community in disarray. Here are 4 fixes we need before the next pandemic

A recent Wall Street Journal article reported on new, classified intelligence from the US Department of Energy about the origins of COVID. It concluded with “low confidence” that the pandemic may have been due to a lab leak in Wuhan, China, rather than a natural disease transmission from animal to…

The Conversation · Mar 8, 2023

Chinese cities see temperatures hit record high for early March

More than a dozen major Chinese cities have seen temperatures hit record seasonal highs this week, with central China's Wuhan and Zhengzhou at more than 10 degrees Celsius (18F) higher than normal for early March, official data showed.

Reuters · Mar 8, 2023

COVID-19 origins probe plods on with no clear resolution - Roll Call

Top Republicans are ramping up investigations on whether the SARS-CoV-2 virus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.

Roll Call · Mar 6, 2023

FBI director believes lab leak theory

The director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, fanned the flames of speculation that blame the Chinese government

Salon · Mar 3, 2023