have located and identified alterations in the mpox virus genome that potentially correlate with changes in the virus's transmissibility observed in the 2022 outbreak. The findings were published ...

This research proposal included engineering a structure called a "furin cleavage site," which increases viral growth and transmissibility but is absent in other SARS viruses. Lab-leak advocates also ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the world’s population in 2020–21, some jurisdictions responded more effectively than ...