Scientists trace how the virus behind COVID-19 traveled over 2,000 kilometers from bats in Western China to Wuhan.

The ancestor of the virus that causes COVID-19 left its point of origin in Western China or Northern Laos just several years ...

Researchers behind a new study have concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic was sparked by wildlife trade in China, similar to the circumstances that led to the SARS outbreak in 2002. The results ...

The study lands at a fraught political moment. The White House recently asserted that the pandemic had been caused by an accident in a Wuhan, China, lab.

Anyone who had direct contact with the bat, or knows of someone who did, was urged to call County Public Health Services.

A bat with rabies was found in Mississippi, health officials confirm. Two puppies that may have been exposed to the bat are ...

Weld County authorities have confirmed that an unusual-acting bat has tested positive for rabies, marking the first confirmed ...

The initial spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 might have been accelerated by the wildlife trade, similar to what happened with the SARS outbreak in 2002, according to a study by UC San Diego ...

The virus likely reached humans not via bat migration but through the wildlife trade—contradicting hypotheses that it may ...

The woman was admitted to a private hospital on May 2 with symptoms of encephalitis. Her samples were dispatched to NIV-Pune, ...