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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. China’s “bat woman” researcher warns that the deadly coronavirus surfacing now is “just the tip of the ...

Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli is seen inside the P4 laboratory in Wuhan, capital of China’s Hubei province, on 23 February, 2017. Dr Shi has dismissed questions around whether Covid-19 may have ...

The New York Times scored a rare interview with Shi Zhengli, a Chinese virologist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Nicknamed “bat woman” by some, Zhengli’s study of bat coronaviruses has raised ...

China’s “bat woman” has insisted she is open to “any kind of visit” to rule out speculation that the coronavirus leaked from her Wuhan lab. Shi Zhengli, the deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

About two weeks ago, as the debate over the virus’s origins raged, I dialed the phone number of the Wuhan scientist at the center of the “lab leak” theories. To my surprise, she picked up. Here’s what ...

Shi Zhengli, the deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, said in an interview Monday on China Global Television Network that new viruses being discovered, such as Covid-19, are "just the ...