COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market animals
A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin
While the research bolsters the case that COVID-19 emerged from animals, it does not resolve the polarized and political debate over whether the virus instead emerged from a research lab in China.
New data supports animal market origins of COVID-19 pandemic
A new study supports the theory that the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic originated from Hunan Seafood Wholesale wet market in Wuhan, China.
Scientists again link covid pandemic origin to Wuhan market animals
Genetic evidence from a new report suggests the coronavirus pandemic most likely spilled over from animals in the Wuhan market.
COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market animals after all, suggests latest study
The hunt for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic has new leads. Researchers have identified half a dozen animal species that could have passed SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, to people,
Study supports COVID-19 origin theory linked to Wuhan animal market
A new peer-reviewed paper presents evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic started in a seafood market in Wuhan, China, where many of the first cases of the disease were identified. The paper, published Thursday in the scientific journal Cell,
Genetic tracing at the Huanan Seafood market further supports COVID animal origins
A new study provides a list 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 study is based on a new analysis of metatranscriptomic data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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New COVID-19 origins paper from controversial scientists: What to know
A new study of genetic samples from the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China, could point to an animal origin of COVID-19, but controversial figures support it.
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