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 ...

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 ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. China’s infamous “bat woman” coronavirus scientist has denied any reports that she attempted to defect.

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 ...

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 ...

In the video, the researchers scale the cavern wall, their headlamps ghostly blue. “If our skin is exposed, it can easily come in contact with bat excrement and contaminated matter, which means this ...