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23-02-2025
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Chicago hospital stabbing • 100 bags of drugs seized • Officer killed in crash
CHICAGO - Two staff members, including an ER doctor, were injured at Provident Hospital in Chicago on Monday; a Chicago man was allegedly arrested with 108 bags of heroin and fentanyl and four bags of cocaine following a high-speed chase; and a north suburban police officer was killed in a car crash on his way to work. These are the top stories on Fox 32's Week in Review. Two staff members were injured by a patient in the emergency department at Provident Hospital on Monday afternoon, including an emergency room doctor who was stabbed in the chest. FULL STORY A Chicago man was denied pre-trial release after being arrested with 108 bags of heroin and fentanyl and four bags of cocaine following a high-speed chase through the western suburbs. FULL STORY A north suburban police officer was killed in a car crash on his way to work on Sunday morning. Glenview police officer Robert Fryc, 43, died in the crash. The man charged in connection with his death was allegedly impaired and veered into oncoming traffic, prosecutors said. FULL STORY A suspect is in custody after a woman was killed and her two young boys were wounded in domestic-related stabbings that prompted an Amber Alert Friday morning in Chicago. FULL STORY Three Cook County residents are being detained after allegedly stealing a high-end SUV and leading police on a high-speed chase earlier this month. FULL STORY An Illinois auto shop owner was arrested this week for allegedly selling drugs out of his business. Waukegan police arrested Victor Montes De Oca Lopez, 63, after executing a search warrant at his auto shop on Belvidere Road early Wednesday morning. FULL STORY A person died and another was hospitalized after a massive house fire in Naperville Tuesday afternoon. The fire, which broke out around 3:15 p.m., left the home uninhabitable, displacing five people. FULL STORY A 20-year-old Vernon Hills woman has been charged after allegedly stabbing her mother in the head early Thursday morning, according to police. FULL STORY Five people, including three children, were found dead inside a home in Lake Station, Indiana, on Friday afternoon, police said. FULL STORY Researchers have discovered a new coronavirus in Chinese bats. HKU5-CoV-2is a coronavirus belonging to the merbecovirusgroup, which also includes the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus. FULL STORY
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22-02-2025
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New coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats: What we know
Researchers have discovered a new coronavirus in Chinese bats. What we know HKU5-CoV-2is a coronavirus belonging to the merbecovirusgroup, which also includes the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus. RELATED:Another US agency assesses COVID-19 origin likely a Chinese 'lab leak': report This virus is also a new lineage of the HKU5 coronavirus identified in the Japanese pipistrelle bat in Hong Kong, according to the South China Morning Post. What we don't know It's unknown if the discovery of HKU5-CoV-2 will cause any disease in humans. Researchers published their findings on HKU5-CoV-2 in the scientific journalCell. Shi Zhengli, a leading virologist known as the "batwoman" based on her research on bat coronavirus, was the leader of the study. Zhengli also collaborated with researchers from the Guangzhou Academy of Sciences, Wuhan University, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology. RELATED:German man received 217 coronavirus vaccine shots over a 29-month period, study says When researchers shared details about HKU5-CoV-2, they said in their study, "Authentic HKU5-CoV-2 infected human ACE2-expressing cell lines and human respiratory and enteric organoids. This study reveals a distinct lineage of HKU5-CoVs in bats that efficiently use human ACE2 and underscores their potential zoonotic risk." Newsweek noted that Shi is well known for her work at the Wuhan institute, which was mired in controversy related to the origins of COVID. The news outlet reported that some have implied that the virus came from a lab leak in the city, but Shi refuted this claim. Why you should care HKU5-CoV-2 carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission because it uses the same human receptor as the virus that causes COVID-19. The Source Information for this story was provided by Newsweek, the South China Morning Post, and the researchers' study published in the scientific journal Cell. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.
