For more than 75 years, high-hazard structures in the U.S., including dams and nuclear power plants, have been engineered to withstand floods resulting from the most unlikely but possible ...

China on Monday dismissed the possibility that the virus that caused COVID-19 leaked from a lab, after the CIA said it now favors the so-called lab leak theory over natural transmission.

The CIA on Saturday offered a new assessment on the origin of the Covid outbreak, saying the coronavirus is "more likely" to have leaked from a Chinese lab than to have come from animals.

The Central Intelligence Agency said Saturday that it’s more likely a lab leak caused the Covid-19 pandemic than an infected animal that spread the virus to people, changing the agency’s ...

A bombshell new report from the CIA says the agency is now backing the COVID-19 “lab leak” theory - but admits “low confidence” in the finding. The distinction was made in a report ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health ...

WASHINGTON—The Central Intelligence Agency has now concluded that the deadly Covid-19 pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, lending credibility to a view that has been the focus of ...

As such, social media reactions have ranged from despair, apathy, laughter and everywhere in between. Here are some of the best responses. No matter how bad things may seem for the Lions with ...