Still recovering from heavy spending during the pandemic, hospitals are squeezed by a slumping economy and government efforts to curb health care spending.

More than five years on, studies suggest the animal is the most likely culprit, but other candidates haven't been ruled out.

Researchers in China have discovered a new coronavirus in bats that they say has the potential to spread to humans, after the ...

Chinese researchers have identified a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which binds to the same receptor as the COVID-19 virus ...

This newly isolated strain can bind to the ACE2 receptor in human cells, the same pathway used by the Covid-19 virus.

Another highly infectious variant of coronavirus - HKU5-CoV-2 detected in China is capable of evading vaccine-induced ...

Experts warn of looming "Disease X" as world fails to learn from COVID-19, risking another devastating pandemic.

HKU5-CoV-2 is classified within the merbecovirus subgenus, which includes the MERS virus. Initially detected in the Japanese ...

U.S. officials are considering whether they can strike a deal with China that would ramp up its purchases of American goods ...

CoV-2, has been discovered in China and is “strikingly similar to the pandemic virus” and feared to be powerful ...

A new study led by Shi Zhengli, the Chinese scientist at the centre of research that’s suspected to have caused the Covid-19 ...