The CIA says lab leak is most likely source of COVID outbreak. But there is no consensus among scientists whether it ...

But to some, the coronavirus outbreak is reminiscent of epidemics that have caused a panic in recent memory, including SARS, MERS, the Zika virus, and swine flu. So how exactly does the ...

SARS-CoV emerged about two decades ago in China and spread rapidly to other countries. Fortunately, it was successfully contained and no new cases have been reported since the initial outbreak.

The discovery of a new strain of coronavirus in a short period of time is a “notable achievement”, but more information is needed to understand it, experts said after China identified the mystery ...

A new experimental vaccine could offer protection not only against many variants of SARS-CoV-2, but also other sarbecoviruses that could spill over from animals to humans.

An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in Asia and Canada occurs in the spring. Officials credit the use of both isolation (for those sick with SARS) and quarantine (for those ...

The new virus has now infected more people in China than were sickened there during the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak. On Wednesday, the number of cases jumped to 5,974, surpassing the 5,327 people ...

More than half of those who died were over the age of 65. There was a second, much smaller outbreak of SARS in 2004, linked to a medical lab in China. It probably occurred as a result of direct ...

While the novel coronavirus (officially name Covid-19) has everyone in Hong Kong stocking up on toilet paper rolls andsurgical face masks while constantly refreshing news feeds, perhaps the last ...

In contrast, the CFR of COVID-19 has been estimated to be about 1%, whereas the CFR of the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak was approximately 10%. Seasonal influenza typically has a case fatality ratio ...

Chau Ka-ling, the 'Snake Queen' of Hong Kong, manages one of the few remaining traditional snake soup establishments. Despite switching to frozen snake meat post-SARS, the labor-intensive process ...