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Scientists claim to have discovered the exact location where the Covid pandemic began.

Michael Gove was slapped down at the official Covid-19 inquiry when he suggested there is a “significant body of judgment” that the virus was “man-made”.

More than 840,000 vaccine doses have been dished out in Ayrshire and Arran, according to a health chief.

Police are hunting for a man suspected of murdering seven people before jumping off a bridge in Wuhan, China, on Monday morning.The suspect, 39-year-old Gao Mouhui, is accused of launching a stabbing rampage at the home of a local official, murdering five before fleeing and killing two more.Xiaosi township’s acting party secretary Zhang Mouhong was found dead along with four family members, including two children.According to local news outlets, Zhang and his wife were stabbed to death in their living room before Zhang's daughter-in-law came downstairs carrying a baby.Two of the secretary's grandchildren were found dead upstairs and another was found still breathing when police arrived.State officials allege that Gao fled the home at around

A HarperCollins book out later this month from an award-winning Australian journalist claims the US funded the Wuhan, China lab suspected of being the source of the Covid-19 pandemic.

For a film that almost didn’t get made, 76 Days has racked up an impressive number of awards.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, under attack for his role in funding research at a laboratory many suspect of being the cause of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, defended his actions Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union talk show.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, clashed once again on Tuesday in televised testimony before a Senate committee about the nation’s response to Covid-19. As in the past, the argument centered on any role the National Institutes of Health — which funds the institute Fauci runs — played in funding so-called “gain of function” research at the lab in Wuhan, China where some have speculated the virus may have been engineered.

Emmy nominations in the doc categories are giving films passed over by the Oscars a shot at some trophies of their own.

COVID-19 began in an accidental lab leak.Stewart voiced his comments on Stephen Colbert‘s Late Show on June 14, and has since come under fire.Colbert had asked Stewart for his thoughts on the “science” behind virus detection and prevention.“I think we owe a great deal of gratitude to science,” Stewart replied.To laughter from the audience, the comedian added: “Science has, in many ways, helped ease the suffering of the pandemic, which was more than likely caused by science.”Watch the interview below.Colbert followed up by asking Stewart: “‘Do you mean perhaps there’s a chance that this was created in a lab?”Stewart replied: “Oh my god, there’s a novel respiratory coronavirus overtaking Wuhan, China, what do we do? Oh you know who we should

Express.co.uk, Kathy has now spoken of her horror after falling victim to the coronavirus.Kathy, 62, departed the famous group in 1989 after landing two number one hits and has since gone on to release 12 solo singles, achieving a number one record.As she prepares to perform to thousands of fans at Henley Festival in the UK with the Disco Classical Orchestra, Kathy has spoken out about her turbulent lockdown period.March 2020 saw the world plummet into lockdown following the outbreak of the deadly virus, that first became public knowledge following an outbreak at a market in Wuhan, China.However, Kathy recalls the moment she contracted the virus - despite being in lockdown with her family.While discussing the positive aspects to come out of

Jon Stewart used his time as the first post-COVID guest on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" to push the theory that the coronavirus came from a lab in Wuhan, China.  The former "Daily Show" host sat down with his old comedy friend for an interview where he almost immediately began pushing the unproven theory that COVID-19 began spreading across the world after leaking from a lab that was doing research on bat coronaviruses in Wuhan.  "I think we owe a great debt of gratitude to science because science has, in many ways, helped ease the suffering of this pandemic, which was more than likely caused by science," Stewart began. "There’s a chance this was created in a lab," a cautious Colbert responded.

Actress Kirstie Alley is up in arms about the media and government after reports the United States learned that several Wuhan lab researchers fell ill with coronavirus symptoms before the COVID-19 outbreak. "Seriously??? ‘It might be possible that COVID began in the Wuhan lab?’ .....

At least 40 people have been injured and several are still missing after a tornado hit Wuhan in China on Friday, reports say.

There are many poignant moments in 76 Days, Hao Wu’s moving documentary about medical workers in Wuhan, China and the patients they treated as the city went through lockdown last year over Covid-19.

World Health Organisation (WHO) will release its long-awaited report into the origins of coronavirus next week.A team of scientists from around the world travelled to the pandemic's original epicentre Wuhan, China in January to conduct an investigation into the initial outbreak a year earlier. Despite reportedly meeting some resistance from local officials, the probe into Huanan wet market was fruitful and WHO announced on Friday the findings will likely be made public next week.

More than a fifth of coronavirus patients lose their hair within six months of being infected, according to a new study.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Museum of Modern Art has unveiled the festival lineup for Doc Fortnight 2021, the 20th edition of its annual showcase of nonfiction films from around the globe. Over 18 documentary features and four short films will be screened as part of the festival.In a concession to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s films will be offered exclusively on MoMA’s Virtual Cinema from March 18 to April 5, 2021.

direct to your inboxThe virus which causes Covid-19 is “extremely unlikely” to have entered the human population as a result of a laboratory-related incident, global health leaders have said.Sars-CoV-2 “may have originated from zoonotic transmission”, a team of experts from China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) concluded.This means it leapt from animal host to human.But the “reservoir hosts” remain to be identified, they told a press conference.Some conspiracy theorists have falsely claimed that the virus escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.

Covid-19, will reveal what they've found today.The team, who have spent nearly a month in Wuhan, China, are expected to brief media on their findings at around 7.30am today, (Tuesday, February 9).WHO experts are expected to be joined with scientists from the Chinese side who have been involved in the investigation.The team touched down in the city on January 14, and following two weeks of quarantine, visited key sites known to be connected to coronavirus.They visited the Huanan seafood market, the location of the first known cluster of infections as well as the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has been involved in research related to Covid.The team have clarified expectations from their mission, with zoologist Peter Daszak telling Reuters

Covid if it doesn't agree on new rules for wet markets and international travel, a former WHO scientist has warned Professor Mark Woolhouse was on the World Health Organisation team that began urging the world to get ready for a devastating unknown Disease X in 2017.The professor of infectious disease epidemiology told the Daily Star that "very difficult conversations" needed to be had on wet markets and international travel and trade.A market selling fresh meat and fish in Wuhan, China, is believed to be where the virus jumped from bats to humans, leading to more than two million people worldwide so far.The scientist at the University of Edinburgh added that safety rules around vaccines may need to be relaxed so they could be made in a