Michaeleen Doucleff

Popular weight-loss drugs mimic GLP-1, a hormone the body makes naturally after eating. Turns out some foods trigger GLP-1 better than others, making us feel full and eat less.

The U.S. Department of Energy says with “low confidence” that COVID-19 might have originated in a lab leak. But the scientific evidence overwhelmingly points to a natural origin for the virus.

In the hit HBO show, the world has been devastated by a pandemic caused by a deadly fungus. Is that even possible? Could the next pandemic come from fungi? Turns out it’s a very real question.

As we launch a series about spillover viruses — like SARS-CoV-2, which triggered a global pandemic, you may have a lot of questions. So do we — 7, to be exact, in the quiz below.

As COVID spreads rapidly through China, rumors circulate about the effectiveness and safety of the Chinese-manufactured vaccines. But what does the scientific data actually say about these shots?

As case counts surge in China, rumors circulate about the effectiveness and safety of the made-in-China vaccines in use there. Here’s what we know about CoronaVac and Sinopharm.

Scientists predict China will see the largest COVID surge of the pandemic this winter, with hundreds of millions of people infected. But some experts say that it could have been even worse.

For nearly three years, China has enforced incredibly strict rules to keep coronavirus transmission in check. But now they’re facing a potentially deadly omicron surge.

Protests in China have cast a spotlight on the country’s “zero COVID” policy. But why is China still relying on restrictions when the rest of the world has mostly moved on?

A study shows that survivors of the bubonic plague, which lasted from 1346 to 1353, may have passed on the ability to survive other pandemics. (Aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 19. 2022.)