Share this on WhatsApp Editor’s Note (4/24/20): This article was originally published online on March 11. It has been updated for inclusion in the June 2020 issue of Scientific American and to address rumors that SARS-CoV-2 emerged from Shi Zhengli’s lab in China. The mysterious patient samples arrived at the Wuhan Institute of Virology at … Continue reading How China’s “Bat Woman” Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus