A major point of contention in recent days has had to do with how exactly the coronavirus originated. It’s been believed all along that the virus’ first human contact came from a wet market in China’s ...

A top Chinese virologist has warned that newly discovered viruses are "just the tip of the iceberg" when it comes to the potential threat humans face from infectious diseases. Shi Zhengli, the deputy ...

"I'm sure that I did nothing wrong," she told The New York Times. "So I have nothing to fear." See more stories on Insider's business page. In a rare interview with The New York Times, Wuhan ...

When her own neighbours in Wuhan started to fall ill with a mysterious virus in December, authorities immediately turned to her in the mission to identify the virus we now know as COVID-19. But Shi ...

When alarmed health care workers sent samples of what appeared to be a new virus to China’s “batwoman” for urgent testing late last year, the renowned virologist admitted she was skeptical. “Drop ...

The Chinese scientist who ran controversial experiments at the laboratory suspected of triggering Covid held a secret meeting with the US government to seek backing for a project that would go on to ...

Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli, better known as 'Batwoman' for her work on bat viruses, has said that a future outbreak of coronavirus is "highly likely". Shi is the Director for Center for Emerging ...

Shi Zhengli, a top Chinese virologist who researches coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, has long drawn attention about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Shi denied that her lab took ...

Shi Zhengli, the deputy director of China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, has said that to date, no students or staff members at the research center have been infected with the new coronavirus. Dubbed ...

A top virologist from China, famous for her work on researching coronavirus in bats, has warned that new viruses being discovered are "actually just the tip of the iceberg". In an interview on Chinese ...

Dubbed “Batwoman” of Wuhan by her colleagues after years of virus-hunting expeditions in bat caves she described as “spellbinding”, Shi Zenghli has been warning the world for years that the wildlife ...

Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli denied rumors of "defecting to the West," saying Saturday on her WeChat that, "Everything is all right for my family and me, dear friends!" She also post nine photos of ...