evolutionary biologists

The Strongest Evidence Yet That an Animal Started the Pandemic

March 16, 2023 · Health

For three years now, the debate over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has ping-ponged between two big ideas: that SARS-CoV-2 spilled into human populations directly from a…

The Coronavirus-Naming Free-for-All

January 9, 2023 · Health

These days, it’s a real headache to keep tabs on the coronavirus’s ever-shifting subvariants. BA.2, BA.4, and BA.5, three Omicron permutations that rose to prominence last year, were…