Debate deepens over Wuhan wet market’s role in kickstarting the pandemic

Critics point to bigger issues with poorly regulated wildlife farming—not just the market itself—as the root cause of COVID-19.

Debate deepens over Wuhan wet market’s role in kickstarting the pandemic,Critics point to bigger issues with poorly regulated wildlife farming—not just the market itself—as the root cause of COVID-19.

North Korea Declares Victory Against Covid-19 Pandemic With Just 74 Deaths North Korea also said South Korea had intentionally spread the virus and suggested Kim Jong Un was recently sick.
How multiple COVID-19 infections can harm the body With reinfections on the rise, scientists warn that each bout increases your risk of troubling outcomes, from long COVID to heart disease.
Sean Hannity Complains Biden Got Weaker Variant of Covid-19 Than Trump The Fox News host is technically correct, but it's still a funny thing to whine about.
Upgraded Covid-19 Boosters Could Arrive by Fall Second covid-19 boosters for the general population are reportedly being postponed in favor of new and improved shots.
How multiple COVID-19 infections can harm the body With reinfections on the rise, scientists warn that each bout increases your risk of troubling outcomes, from long COVID to heart disease.
Sean Hannity Complains Biden Got Weaker Variant of Covid-19 Than Trump The Fox News host is technically correct, but it's still a funny thing to whine about.
Upgraded Covid-19 Boosters Could Arrive by Fall Second covid-19 boosters for the general population are reportedly being postponed in favor of new and improved shots.
White House To Focus On Promoting COVID-19 Boosters That Target Omicron This Fall Both Pfizer and Moderna have reportedly told the White House they can deliver doses of a new booster with updated formulations.
How multiple COVID-19 infections can harm the body With reinfections on the rise, scientists warn that each bout increases your risk of troubling outcomes, from long COVID to heart disease.
Upgraded Covid-19 Boosters Could Arrive by Fall Second covid-19 boosters for the general population are reportedly being postponed in favor of new and improved shots.
Sean Hannity Complains Biden Got Weaker Variant of Covid-19 Than Trump The Fox News host is technically correct, but it's still a funny thing to whine about.
Chuck Schumer Tests Positive For COVID-19 The Senate majority leader has very mild symptoms and will continue to work remotely, his office said.
New York City To Offer Paxlovid For Free At Mobile COVID-19 Testing Centers The nation’s first mobile “Test to Treat” program, launched Thursday, will expand to 30 locations by the end of July.
Anthony Fauci Says His COVID-19 Symptoms Worsened Dramatically In 'Rebound' The infectious-disease expert was feeling "really poorly" and began a second round of Paxlovid.
North Korea Blames 'Alien Things' From South For COVID-19 Outbreak The country has reported 4.7 million cases of "fever" since its outbreak began in early May.
One of the best tools for predicting COVID-19 outbreaks? Sewage. The pandemic brought renewed attention to the value of wastewater monitoring for tracking pathogens and mitigating disease.
U.S. Orders Omicron-Specific Covid-19 Vaccine Shipment for Big Fall Push The U.S. reported 196,230 new cases and 693 deaths on Wednesday.
U.S. Orders Omicron-Specific Covid-19 Vaccine Shipment for Big Fall Push The U.S. reported 196,230 new cases and 693 deaths on Wednesday.
Young adults are volunteering to get COVID-19—for science SARS-CoV-2 "challenge trials" can help scientists better understand the immune system's response to the virus, which could yield improved vaccines and treatments.
CDC Recommends COVID-19 Shots For Children Under 5 The shots will become available next week, expanding the nation’s vaccination campaign to children as young as 6 months.
Florida Only State Not Preordering Toddler COVID-19 Vaccines "That’s not where we’re gonna be utilizing our resources,” Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference.
Anthony Fauci Catches His First Case of Covid-19 The leading public health official is experiencing mild symptoms, the NIH said.
FDA Panel Backs COVID-19 Vaccine For Kids Under 5 Shots for young children could be available as soon as next week if all the remaining regulatory hurdles are cleared.
North Korea Announces Emerging Infectious Disease As COVID-19 Outbreak Continues The country revealed it was dealing with "an acute enteric epidemic," however, details remain unclear on its severity.
FDA Advisers Back Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine For Older Kids A government advisory panel has endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens.
World Settling on New Norms After Streaming and Online Casino Use Soared During Covid-19 The world is in healing as it continues to feel the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, which drastically altered the world’s gambling and video-streaming habits. It seems only natural that activities generally associated with being indoors—such as streaming and online gambling—spiked at a time when most of the world was in isolation. A study
FDA Panel Finds Moderna, Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccines Safe for Young Children If the CDC approves the panel’s findings, the vaccines may become available to young children starting early next week
Hugh Jackman Diagnosed With COVID-19 Just Hours After Tony Awards Performance The actor was on-stage with the cast from his Broadway show "The Music Man" on Sunday.
FDA: Pfizer COVID-19 Shot Appears Effective For Kids Under 5 The review by federal health officials was a key step toward a long-awaited decision to begin vaccinating the youngest American children.
White House Lays Out Plan To Get COVID-19 Vaccines To Kids Under 5 Vaccines for children younger than 5 could be available as soon as late June, according to senior Biden administration officials.
COVID-19 Ground Zero DANCES WITH FILMS 2022 REVIEW! So many films have come out amid the COVID-19 pandemic, most of them being warped and inflated manifestations of our frightening reality. This recent trend isn't necessarily a bad thing as there have been numerous successes, including Stephen Daldry's Together and Rob Savage's Host. However, with COVID-19 Ground Zero, writer/director Mustafa Ozgun takes a
White House: 1st COVID-19 Shots For Kids Under 5 Possible By June 21 “At the end of the day we all want to move fast, but we’ve got to get it right," said White House COVID-19 coordinator Aashish Jha.
Harris, Surgeon General Warn Health Care Workers Are Burned Out From COVID-19 Pandemic "After two years of COVID-19 and more than 1 million precious lives lost, the people we all turn to to keep us safe, to comfort us and help us heal, they have been pushed to their limits."
Jake Tapper Reportedly Taped Show At CNN Studio After Testing Positive For COVID-19 Some CNN staffers were incensed by the anchor's decision to stay at work while infected, The Daily Beast reported.
Hard hit by COVID-19, Black Americans are recovering slowly Experts say it will take longer for Black communities to recover from the pandemic’s public health and economic impact.
How long does COVID-19 linger in your body? New report offers clues. A comprehensive study found that viral remnants can survive for months after infection in certain people, perhaps causing some symptoms of long COVID.
CDC: Kids Ages 5 to 11 Should Obtain Booster Of COVID-19 Vaccine The hope is that an extra shot will shore up protection as coronavirus infections once again are on the rise.
U.S. Reaches Devastating 1 Million Deaths From COVID-19 Millions of Americans remain unvaccinated even as hundreds of people continue to die each day from the coronavirus.
Scientists explain what makes COVID-19 antibody ‘J08’ so potent Last year, scientists at Scripps Research and Toscana Life Sciences studied the blood of 14 COVID-19 survivors to find the most potent antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. One of the leading molecules that emerged—now in stage II/III trials in Italy—was an antibody dubbed J08, which seemed to be capable of both preventing and treating COVID-19.
North Korea confirms first COVID-19 death in ‘explosive’ outbreak North Korea confirmed its first COVID-19 death on Friday, saying fever was spreading "explosively" nationwide and tens of thousands of people were being isolated after falling sick.
Distinct cellular receptor mutations influence COVID-19 disease severity Distinct genetic variants significantly influence an individual's immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and may influence the COVID-19 disease severity. A research group led by MedUni Vienna was able to demonstrate that distinct genetic variants of the CD16a antibody receptor are associated with the risk of severe COVID-19. This affects about 15% of the population. The results are now published in the journal Genetics in Medicine.
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Braves make several roster moves ahead of their series against Mets
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PGA Barracuda Championship Odds & Picks: Maverick McNealy One to Watch for the Win
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Coronation Street’s Ellie Leach looks worlds away from her character Faye Windass in glam selfie
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Robin Williams’ Kids Remember Late Actor in Loving Tributes 8 Years After His Death
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The science of why you have great ideas in the shower It has nothing to do with getting clean—and everything to do with your state of mind.
Adventures in the land of giants Don Quixote Country ranges from the dry plains of popular imagination to varied ecosystems of mountains, forests, and wetlands. Across the Spanish interior, local folk traditions and regional cuisines also attest to a rich and diverse cultural history.
Locals can be excellent tour guides. Here’s how to hire one. How ‘citizen guides’ can bring insight and intrigue to your next journey
Mysteries of a medieval Kingdom Ancient yet undiscovered, the dramatic landscape of Asturias reaches into coastal caves and mountain caverns that hold the secrets to thousands of years of mythology, history, and gastronomy.
These Americans stepped up to help hold the country together What builds community in a divisive era? Across the U.S., it's altruists and volunteers dedicated to helping others.
Why monkeypox cases are still rising at such an alarming rate The U.S. had tools to contain this virus, which is far less contagious than COVID-19. So what went wrong?
What the end of the war in Afghanistan means to one mother and her family A year after U.S. troops pulled out of its longest war, National Geographic revisits an Afghan mother featured on the cover and her family’s experience offers a glimpse of life under Taliban rule.
Don’t rely on social media: Here’s why you should keep a travel journal Experts offer secrets for keeping a easy, memorable travel journal—without using social media to preserve your memories.
Meet the marvelous creatures that bring soil to life At the microscopic level, soil from Germany’s Black Forest is a fantastical realm—one that’s mirrored in wooded ecosystems worldwide.
Sailors, sirens, and surfers of the Basque Coast Here on the Bay of Biscay, you’ll find fishing villages steeped in age-old Basque maritime culture, flourishing habitats for bird life, and one of Europe’s most rideable waves.
Haunting images revisit the railways that united Bengal—until India’s Partition divided it On the 75th anniversary of the end of colonial rule, photos document the British Empire's lasting imprint on the part of India that is now Bangladesh.
Do spiders dream? A new study suggests they do. Jumping spiders rapidly move their eyes and twitch during rest, suggesting they have visual dreams, never before observed in arachnids.
Mysteries lurk below Iceland’s restless volcanoes The unusual chemistry of the lava burbling to the island’s surface has raised many questions about what's churning deep below.
Snoozing in flower beds? Behold the bears of summer A photographer spends two months in the Canadian Arctic and reveals a softer side of the world’s largest terrestrial predator.
On the trail of South Africa’s miracle tea Prized for its medicinal qualities, rooibos tea is connected to the country’s history and Indigenous heritage.
These mysterious moths fly at night in a straight line—but how? Biologists used an airplane and tiny transmitters to track the death’s-head hawkmoth, setting a scientific record in the process.
For villages divided between India and Pakistan, a map drawn long ago still causes daily struggles The seven hamlets contend with a raging river, an international border fence and little access to basic necessities. "We are the forgotten people," one resident says."
What a 2,000-mile journey around Afghanistan uncovers a year after the Taliban takeover The war is over. The U.S. is gone. A bone-rattling drive along the Ring Road finds hardship and few traces of nation-building.
Sea creatures pollinate marine plants and algae, surprising scientists Once thought to be a land-only phenomenon, pollination may have existed in the ocean millions of years before terrestrial plants appeared.
Thunderstorms are moving East with climate change As weather dynamics shift, the eastern seaboard could get nine more thunderboomer days; other eastern states could see as many as two weeks more.
Why smallpox vaccines fell out of use—and what that means for monkeypox Smallpox vaccines have been approved for monkeypox. But experts warn that many questions remain about the protection they provide and how to best administer them.
Why do animals love to bask in the sun? (Hint: It’s not just to stay warm.) Reptiles are well-known for this behavior, but roadrunners, lemurs, and other animals also soak in rays to conserve energy and protect against disease.
75 years after Partition: These maps show how the British split India The hastily drawn border, known as the Radcliffe Line, attempted to carve out two nations along religious lines—but sparked violence instead.
500-year-old ‘goatelope’ mummy found in melting European glacier The small chamois, a kind of goat-antelope, may herald more spectacular finds to come this summer—another Ötzi the Iceman?—as glaciers in the Alps melt at a record-breaking pace.
A look inside the monumental effort to save the Andean condor The enormous vulture has declined due to poisonings and land development, but rescue efforts are helping it slowly make a comeback.
In 1500s Europe, masks were fashionable—and scandalous Fingers started wagging when 16th-century European women began wearing masks to protect their skin and hide their identities.
How the historic climate bill will dramatically reduce U.S. emissions The Inflation Reduction Act is expected to cut roughly a billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions a year by 2030, save thousands of lives a year, and prompt a transformation of the U.S. energy and transportation landscape.
USDA must now publicly report all animal welfare violations As ordered by Congress, the agency has ended a practice that allowed animal welfare inspectors to omit certain violations from public reports.
Never-before-seen colorful bird hybrid surprises scientists The offspring of a scarlet tanager and rose-breasted grosbeak—distantly related birds whose evolutionary paths diverged 10 million years ago—was recently found in Pennsylvania.