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Which animals could have passed COVID-19 to humans?
First it was snakes, and then the endangered pangolin before Asian ferret badgers were put in the dock.
Mar 29, 2021
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Origin of the COVID-19 virus: The trail of mink farming
On January 14, a team of international experts commissioned by the World Health Organization arrived in China for a three-week mission with the aim of visiting Wuhan to meet Chinese scientists and help to pinpoint the origin ...
Mar 15, 2021
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Understanding the evolution of SARS and COVID-19 type viruses
As COVID-19 sweeps the world, related viruses quietly circulate among wild animals. A new study shows how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and SARS-CoV-1, which caused the 2003 SARS outbreak, are related to each ...
Feb 25, 2021
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The WHO's China mission: Five questions still unanswered
The World Health Organization expert mission to China ended this week without finding the source of the coronavirus that has killed over 2.3 million worldwide.
Feb 10, 2021
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Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic
Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro's Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The researchers were on a mission: ...
Dec 14, 2020
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Mystery still shrouds COVID-19 origin
While many scientists are racing to find vaccines to tame the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, other researchers are probing the past, trying to unravel one of the greatest mysteries of the virus: exactly where it came ...
Dec 1, 2020
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Scientists find Ebola virus antibodies in people before 2018 DRC outbreak
Scientists found antibodies to Ebola virus in people up to a year before the 2018 Ebola virus disease outbreak began in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC. This suggests that either early cases may have been ...
Nov 4, 2020
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UN report says up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans unless we protect nature
UN report says up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature
Oct 30, 2020
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Pets, livestock and wildlife can all catch coronavirus – does that make them dangerous?
SARS-CoV-2 almost certainly originated in an animal. But ever since the virus infected humans the outbreak has been driven by efficient human-to-human transmission, resulting in the current pandemic. The role of animals in ...
Aug 19, 2020
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China, WHO in talks on plans to trace coronavirus origin
China and the World Health Organization are discussing plans to trace the origin of the coronavirus outbreak following a visit to the country by two experts from the U.N. agency, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Aug 4, 2020
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