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WASHINGTON - American intelligence agencies have been unable to determine whether the coronavirus pandemic was the result of an accidental leak from a laboratory or whether it occurred more naturally, according to released parts of a report…

SINGAPORE - It is important to know the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic - but that would not be possible without "radical and complete transparency," said Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.“Let me speak as a scientist or as a…

In the early days of the pandemic, scientists reported one comforting property of the new coronavirus: it appeared to be very stable. The virus didn't mutate very quickly, making it an easier target for treatments and vaccines.At the time,…

Among the thousands of pages of email from Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, recently published by BuzzFeed News, got a lot of attention from a brief note from Kristian Andersen, a virologist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla,…

The intelligence on the three workers came from outside the United States intelligence agencies’ own collection, which means its veracity is more difficult to authenticate. The source of the information was unclear, but several American…

Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos, will launch a rocket with passengers on board for the first time in July, the company announced on Wednesday.A seat on the flight that will carry six astronauts on a short excursion to…

The joint international and Chinese mission, organized by the World Health Organization on the Origins of Covid, released its report last week, which indicated that more studies are needed on almost every topic covered. What kind of study…

For 27 days they searched for clues in Wuhan, visited hospitals, live animal markets and government laboratories, conducted interviews and pushed Chinese officials for data, but an international team of experts left the country far from…

A small group of scientists and others who believe the novel coronavirus that started the pandemic could be due to a laboratory leak or accident are calling for an investigation, independent of the World Health Organization's team of…

What about the cases that occurred before the fish market erupted?There were other spreads outside of the Huanan market. There are other patients unrelated to the market, some in December. There were other markets. And we know that some…