Interest in what caused the coronavirus pandemic has many political dimensions today, with President Trump saying genetic ...

Ralph Baric's science combating COVID-19 has been celebrated. But his work is also a target of people who believe the virus ...

Ralph Baric, a professor of epidemiology, microbiology and immunology at UNC-Chapel Hill, poses for a portrait in his lab at the Gillings School of Public Health in Chapel Hill, N.C. on December 2 ...

A secretive North Carolina legislative commission wants UNC-Chapel Hill to release a slew of records linked to elite coronavirus researcher Ralph Baric. Baric’s life’s work laid the foundation ...

A coronavirus researcher at UNC who's attracted national attention is now being investigated by Republican state lawmakers.

Dr. Ralph Baric is a coronavirus expert who collaborated with the research lab in Wuhan, China, where COVID-19 was first identified. He was researching viruses in bats in that area. When COVID-19 ...

History tells us that when political leaders turn away from knowledge, the future pays the price. We’re watching it happen again.