Two days ago, a paper published in the Biorxiv.org journal presented findings that indicated the coronavirus appeared to be engineered with \"key structural proteins\" of HIV. The paper, entitled, \"Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and G

“We\'ve had bird flu and swine flu - now scientists have found BAT FLU,” says the Daily Mail. The newspaper reports that the strain “could pose a risk to humans if it mingled with more common forms of flu”. The Mail has got in a flap...

Flu experts have made a mutant version of the 1918 “Spanish flu” virus that killed tens of millions of people, an experiment critics say is dangerous.