The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, ... The bat virus, referred to as HKU5-CoV-2, uses the same human receptor as SARS-CoV-2, a strain of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. 4.

The origins of COVID-19 remain a mystery as WHO says “Cannot rule out any theory” after an inconclusive study. Many theories ...

Scientists have said that a type of snake may be the original source of the Wuhan coronavirus. However, other infectious disease experts say the ultimate culprit is more likely to be the bat.

Dubbed China's "bat woman," Shi also said she does not believe SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—moved from bats to humans in the Hubei Province or the city of Wuhan, where the first ...

R esearchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology have identified a new coronavirus in bats that uses the same entry ...

In one sample of bat guano, Shi had detected the genome of a new virus, called SHC014, that was one of the two closest relatives to the original SARS virus, but her team had not been able to ...

Coronavirus Biden admin restarts bat virus research grant that funded Wuhan lab, coronavirus testing The Wuhan Institute of Virology plays a limited role in the new grant ...

A lack of transparency from Chinese officials and looming geopolitical consequences have damaged the credibility of a WHO-led inquiry into how the virus that causes COVID-19 originated. Lesley ...

Bats are thought to be the natural host of the Ebola virus, rabies, SARS and MERS, with the latter two both coronaviruses similar to the one that’s now emerged in Wuhan.

Bats are thought to be the natural host of the Ebola virus, rabies, SARS and MERS, with the latter two both coronaviruses similar to the one that’s now emerged in Wuhan.