Category Health

New coronavirus from China: Everything you need to know

People wear face masks as they wait at Hankou Railway Station on Jan. 22, 2020, in Wuhan, China, where the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV originated. A newly identified coronavirus has been spreading in China, and has now reached several other countries.…

1st case of new SARS-like virus in US

The new SARS-like virus that’s causing an outbreak in China has now arrived in the United States, officials announced today (Jan. 21). Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said they had detected the virus  — a…

Scientists uncover new mode of evolution

Evolution and natural selection take place at the level of DNA, as genes mutate and genetic traits either stick around or are lost over time. But now, scientists think evolution may take place on a whole other scale — passed…