Coronavirus Outbreak May Have Originated in Snakes, New Research Finds

As cases of the mysterious and deadlycoronaviruscontinue to appear across the world, scientists have pinpointed a potential source of the newly discovered infection: snakes. Researchers looked at the protein codes in the ongoing coronavirus — known as 2019-nCoV — and compared them with protein codes from coronaviruses in animals such as birds, snakes, marmots, hedgehogs, manis, bats and humans, the outlet explained. Diego Azubel/EPA/Shutterstock After analyzing these sequences, scientists discovered the protein codes in the coronavirus were most similar to those in the Chinese krait and Chinese cobra.

Coronavirus Patient's Pet Dog Quarantined After It Tests Positive to the Virus

A dog, belonging to a woman with novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been quarantined after testing positive for the virus. Officials in Hong Kong revealed the news on Friday, explaining that the dog’s nasal and oral samples tested “weak positive,” The New York Times andReutersreported. Prior to the tests, the dog did not have any symptoms of the virus and it remains unclear if the pet is infected with the virus, according to the news outlets.

Coroner and Her Former Mayor Husband Killed in Small Plane Crash Alongside Another Person and Dog

Photo: Facebook A county coroner in Illinois died on Tuesday in a small plane crash, along with her husband, another person and a dog. Cinda Edwards, the coroner for Sangamon County, and her husband Frank Edwards, who ran for the mayor of Springfield last year, were among those to perish in the crash, NPR IllinoisreportedTuesday. A third, unidentified person and a dog were also killed in the accident. The three passengers were aboard a Piper Aerostar traveling to the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield after stopping for gas in Alabama from their initial departure point of Florida.

Coroner Officially Identifies Kobe Bryant and 3 Other Victims of Helicopter Crash Using Fingerprints

The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner has officially identifiedKobe Bryantand 3 other victims of the horrificCalabasas helicopter crash. The Coroner’s officemade the announcementon Tuesday, explaining in a press release that the bodies of Bryant, 41, John Altobelli, 56, Sarah Chester, 46, and Ara Zobayan, 50, were identified through “the use of fingerprints.” “Investigators identified three men and one woman who were on the aircraft,” the release states. At this time, the Coroner’s Office is working to identify the remaining 5 victims, which includes Bryant’s 13-year-old daughterGianna.

Coroner Releases Cause of Death for Mom and Her Twins, 3, Who Were Mysteriously Found Dead in Car

A Florida mother found dead alongside her 3-year-old twins, killed her children before taking her own life. Olivia and Adam’s official cause of death was methamphetamine toxicity and their deaths have been ruled homicides, the medical examiners ruled in the two autopsies for the twins. The family was found in a car that was parked in a Melbourne, Florida, parking lot on March 20 just after 11:00 p.m. local time. The autopsy was performed two days later.