An expert group from the World Health Organization failed to find a definitive answer to the COVID-19 pandemic’s origins in ...

WHO director Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says all hypotheses are on the table, as the organisation works to reinforce ...

A new Covid-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, or Nimbus, represents about a third of new US Covid-19 cases. Dr. Leana Wen answers ...

Scientists in China have discovered a host of never-before-seen viruses in bats that live near humans. These viruses include ...

New WHO report suggests COVID-19 originated from animal-to-human transmission, though Director-General Tedros maintains all ...

Could the COVID-19 surge in China unleash a new coronavirus mutant on the world? Scientists don't know but worry that might happen. It could be similar to Omicron variants circulating there now.

First things first: unlike Covid-19, what is happening in China is not a new virus, it is human metapneumovirus (HMPV), an “old” virus that was discovered in the Netherlands in 2001.

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, a contagious virus that can lead to respiratory disease, is reportedly spiking in northern China. Infectious disease experts say risk to the U.S. is low.

A total of 22 viruses were found after researchers looked at the insides of bats' kidneys in the Yunnan province, raising ...

Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — Scientists are keeping an eye on a new virus that appears to have been transmitted from animals to humans in China and causes symptoms similar to COVID-19 or the flu.

China has seen major outbreaks from emerging viruses in the past two decades, including SARS in 2002-2003 and Covid-19 – both first detected in the country and from viruses thought to originate ...