Horseshoe bats are the primary host for the ancestor of the viruses that caused both the 2002 SARS outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new study suggests that the wildlife trade transported 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 disease is in the same family of viruses as SARS and MERS. Chinese authorities think they've identified a new coronavirus, a member of the family of viruses that caused SARS and MERS, that could ...

Shi Zhengli, a leading virologist, became known as "Bat Woman" for her work on coronaviruses. She has spent decades studying bat-borne diseases, tracing their origins, and analyzing their potential ...

American researchers believe they've pinpointed when and where Covid first emerged — and it might not have been in China. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, say they've ...

LONDON (AP) -- The majority of the SARS outbreaks around the world are coming to an end, the World Health Organization said Saturday as officials expressed "great hope" that measures to control the ...

Though COVID-19 is novel in numerous ways, it may bring back memories from SARS for those living in Hong Kong and Taiwan. This may be a reason why these countries have been more prepared in dealing ...

I was lucky — or unlucky — enough to have a front-row seat for one of the most surprising and frightening infectious disease outbreaks in recent history. I was working as a reporter in TIME’s Hong ...