The top Chinese scientist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology denied that her lab has been conducting classified research with the Chinese military, contradicting claims from the U.S. intelligence ...

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 ...

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China’s “bat woman” says that a new batch of tests prove that the coronavirus did not originate at her Wuhan virology lab. Shi Zhengli, the deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology who is ...

SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 8, 2021 -- Mei Yiqi R puts boxes containing nucleic acid samples into the lab of a testing institute in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 8, 2021. Mei Yiqi, 30, who ...

In a rare move among the scientific community, China’s top virologist has issued a statement through a prestigious journal, hitting back at conspiracy theories claiming that the COVID-19 virus came ...

To a growing chorus of U.S. politicians and scientists, she is the key to whether the world will ever learn if the virus behind the devastating COVID-19 pandemic escaped from a Chinese lab. To the ...

A virologist at the centre of China's coronavirus research has said it is "nonsense" to suggest the state has tried to steal other nations' vaccine data. Dr. Shi Zhengli, who leads a unit at the Wuhan ...

Analysis of bat kidneys in China found 20 new viruses, including two that are similar to known fatal illnesses that can infect humans Researchers noted that the bats were found near orchards, ...

Two newly discovered viruses lurking in bats are dangerously similar to Nipah and Hendra, both of which have caused deadly outbreaks in humans. Found in fruit bats near villages, these viruses may ...