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How an odd animal called the pangolin may be part of that answer. Its known as the most smuggled animal on the planet. Chinese researchers found a sick pangolin carried a version of that virus that is strikingly similar to the one that has changed our world. The pangolin is a scaly mammal that hunts for ants and termites in Subsaharan Africa and parts of asia. While it may appear to be an unlikely link in the chain of the coronavirus infection, chinese researchers discovered the virus in a sick pangolin was a close cousin to the virus that causes covid19 in humans. Some genes were a perfect ma...

Be part of that answer. Its known as the most smuggled animal on the planet. Chinese researchers found a sick pangolin carried a version of that virus that is strikingly similar to the one that has changed our world. The pangolin is a scaly mammal that hunts for ants and termites in Subsaharan Africa and parts of asia. While it may appear to be an unlikely link in the chain of the coronavirus infection, chinese researchers discovered the virus in a sick pangolin was a close cousin to the virus that causes covid19 in humans. Some genes were a perfect match, and the spiked protein used in the vi...

Good evening, and thank you for joining us. Im senior investigator reporter stephen stock. It took bay area counties a little more than six weeks to issue stay at home orders after the first case of covid19 was discovered here in the area. The white house too was slow to react. But could local governments have been better prepared . A report by california state auditors says yes. And that report says many counties throughout the state still have a long way to go. The images of the wildfires of 2017 and 2018 remain unforgettable, seared into the consciousness of residents who watched their home...

Truckers, essential to our daily lives, are finding their lives harder and more dangerous than ever before. And streets of silence. As new york continues its unprecedented shutdown, well take a ride high above the city to see the shocking changes before and after the restrictions. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Weve already built sufficient Testing Capacity nationwide for states to begin their reopenings. Reporter the white house and states are clashing over whether theres enough tests to go around. The emphasis that weve been hearing i...

World Health Organization suggests an adequate test positive rate should be somewhere between 3. 12 . But right now in the u. S. , its about 20 . This comes as the death toll has skyrocketed in the u. S. Last week was the deadliest sent on to say the death toll was just over 25,000 but its sort of 4300 deaths from wednesday to thursday. And over 4500 people died on friday alone. Last night we closed in on 39,000 deaths and thats more than the number of people who died in the korean war. For weeks now federal and state officials have been talking about testing shortfalls and why patients who ha...