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A forthcoming Australian scientific study concludes that the coronavirus causing the global pandemic contains unique properties suggesting it was manipulated in a Chinese laboratory and was not the result of a natural occurrence. Five scientists who conducted the study discovered an unusual ability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, as the pathogen behind COVID-19 is called, to…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is vigorously pursuing technical innovations aimed at “discovering” and engineering new antibodies able to attach to and destroy coronavirus, thereby helping those severely impacted with an infection, service scientists told Warrior.The ARL work, done in…

In a new study, researchers from the UK and U.S. have found that crowdsourcing symptoms via an app may actually be useful in predicting covid-19 cases—and that the most reliable indicator was a loss of taste and smell, followed by fatigue and acute muscle pain.The app, called COVID Symptom Study, was developed for iOS and…

Horseshoe bats are so named for their weird noses, pictured. (Pat Jerrold/Papilio/Getty Images) JACINTA BOWLER 12 MAY 2020 'How did the coronavirus evolve' is a simple question that has caused investigation, speculation, and downright conspiracies.Right now, research shows that it's highly likely the virus responsible for COVID-19 evolved naturally – probably starting in bats, and…

By Mike Moffitt, SFGATE Published 4:15 pm PDT, Monday, May 11, 2020 This test tube contains a blood sample from a patient who tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus at Amphia Hospital in Breda, Netherlands. As of March 20, the hospital was carrying out between 400 and 500 tests a day for suspected cases of the…