World Apr 08 China health officials lash out at WHO chief, defend search for origin of COVID-19 By Joe McDonald, Associated Press
Health Mar 17 Watch 6:14 Genetic evidence gives support to theory COVID originated in Wuhan market The debate over COVID-19's origin is focused on two theories, that humans were first infected by a wild animal or that the virus leaked from a lab. Scientists say the natural transmission theory has been strengthened by new genetic evidence… By John Yang
Health Jul 27 Watch 6:35 Compelling new evidence tracks COVID’s origin to Wuhan market From the start of the pandemic, scientists have tried to determine exactly where and how the novel coronavirus spread to humans. New studies conclude the virus first emerged from a live-animal market in Wuhan, China. One of the authors of…
Health Jul 26 2 new studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild Two new studies provide more evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold, bolstering the theory that the virus emerged from the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab. By Laura Ungar, Associated Press
World Mar 29 Watch 7:22 WHO report says COVID originated in bats, but critics claim the study was biased The PBS NewsHour has obtained a study by a group of independent researchers convened by the WHO to find the origins of COVID-19 in China. As Nick Schifrin reports, the virus that caused the worst pandemic in a century most… By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Layla Quran
Feb 09 WHO team concludes coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab By Emily Wang Fujiyama, Associated Press The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization team has concluded, an expert said Tuesday as the group wrapped up a… Continue reading
Feb 01 WHO team probing pandemic origins visits disease control centers in Wuhan By Associated Press WUHAN, China (AP) — A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited two disease control centers on Monday that had an early hand in managing the outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. The… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 6:33 A year after virus appeared, Wuhan tells China’s pandemic story By Patrick Fok The first known case of infection from the novel coronavirus was recorded one year ago, in China’s Hubei province. The city of Wuhan was infamous the world over as the original virus epicenter, seeing more than half of China’s reported… Continue watching
May 24 Watch 7:17 ‘Massive numbers of people’ needed to do contact tracing State governments across the country are hiring thousands of people as contact tracers to track the spread of COVID-19 and to help bring it under control. The data collected from contact tracing can help researchers better understand how the virus… Continue watching
May 22 Watch 7:39 How virus research has become a point of tension for the U.S. and China By Nick Schifrin The Trump administration has emphasized the possibility that the novel coronavirus was accidentally released by scientists at a Chinese lab. While that accusation remains unproven, China’s oversight of such scientific research has come under scrutiny in the past, and now,… Continue watching