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Finding the origins of COVID-19 and preventing future pandemics

VCG Editor's note: Jeffrey D. Sachs, University Professor at Columbia University, is Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and President of the UN Sustainab

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Calls for 'independent investigation' into virus origins deceptive

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COVID-19: WHO calls for rigorous investigation into Beijing cluster

The World Health Organization (WHO) suggested on Monday that more scientists from across the globe should join hands to further investigate the new disease clusters in Beijing and analyze what is dri

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Science Behind Virus: How do viruses spread to humans?

A virus is considered non-living entities. They cannot reproduce by themselves. They need a host. Most are not looking to jump into humans. But why does a small fraction infect us?Most new infecti

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Cover up or catch up?

Medical staff of the Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology at a ceremony to form a task force in the fight against COVID-19 in Wuhan

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Top "virus hunter" highlights what China's done in containing COVID-19

A British-American zoologist and expert on disease ecology praised China's contribution to curbing COVID-19, criticized politicization of this pandemic and called on al

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Warm weather likely to weaken indirect transmission of coronavirus

The rising mercury in many countries is likely to weaken the indirect transmission of the novel coronavirus, controlling a major source of the ongoing pandemic.High temperatures lower the coronavi

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The Clock's ticking: Real time coverage amid a public health emergency

06:20 You just never know what would come next. When I took on the World Economic Forum in Davos as my last assignment before the start of the Chinese New Year, the news broke: A new f