China said Monday it was "extremely unlikely" COVID-19 came from a laboratory, after the CIA said it believed the virus had more likely come from a lab rather than natural transmission.

But this has triggered confusion and anxiety among the public as Covid cases surge China began relaxing some ... media in an interview published on December 11 that the Omicron strain of the ...

A surge in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has prompted some alarm and led to fears of a possible new pandemic ...

Healthshots.com reported on January 3: "China is facing a surge in respiratory illnesses, including a rising outbreak of human metapneumovirus (hMPV). Reports suggest the virus is spreading rapidly, ...

Five years after COVID-19 began spreading ... particularly among children. Between December 23 and 29, cases of HMPV rose from the week before, particularly in northern China and in children ...

China on Monday dismissed the possibility that the virus that caused COVID-19 leaked from a lab ... A 520-page report released in December from the House select subcommittee on the pandemic ...

“It is too early to claim peak oil,” says Meg O’Neill, the chief executive of Woodside, Australia’s largest oil and gas ...

In December, Sinopec, China’s biggest refiner, brought forward its forecast for peak crude oil consumption ... “In the run-up to Covid, the growth [in oil use] was quite broad based ...