Science has dealt another devastating blow to the far-right conspiracy theory that SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, was created and then leaked from a Chinese government laboratory in the ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A new international study provides a shortlist of the wildlife species present at the market from which SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, most likely arose in late 2019. The ...

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been controversy surrounding the origins of SARS-CoV-2. New research from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine ...

The source of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, remains elusive. With "low confidence," some federal agencies favor the theory that it originated in and leaked from a Chinese laboratory ...

A new longitudinal study provides critical insights into the intricate interplay between human immunity and viral evolution ...

Roger Stark would have us believe that the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is settled; it is not. Determining the origin of SARS-CoV-2 should be a scientific matter, but it has become embroiled in ...

The global pandemic may be over, but SARS-CoV-2 continues to infect people around the world. Indeed, the United States has recorded roughly 750 deaths from COVID-19 over the past month. Now, an siRNA ...

In January, Shi Zhengli led one of the first scientific teams that isolated SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that went on to ...