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NIH Officials Exerted ‘Undue Influence’ in Downplaying COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory: House Report

Officials with the National Institutes of Health exerted “undue influence” in downplaying the theory that COVID-19 was the result of a lab leak, according to a report released on July 11 by the Republican majority on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The lengthy report (pdf) is the result of the Select Subcommittee viewing over 8,000…


Don’t Rule Out Lab Leak, China’s Ex-Top Health Official Says of COVID Origin

The chance that COVID-19 originated from a laboratory can’t be ruled out, the former head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) said. George Gao, who headed China CDC during the COVID-19 pandemic, also claimed Chinese officials have investigated the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) to find out whether SARS-CoV-2, the virus…


Matt Ridley: I’m Shocked by How Little the World Wants to Investigate COVID-19 Origin

It’s shocking how little the world thinks it appropriate to investigate the origin of COVID-19, said Matt Ridley, British science writer and former member of the House of Lords. Speaking to NTD‘s “British Thought Leaders” (BTL) programme, Ridley said the hunt for the origin of COVID-19 is a “really interesting example” of how “citizen science” stepped in when professional…


Biden Signs Bill to Declassify COVID Origins Intelligence on Wuhan Lab

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on March 20 signed into law a bill mandating declassification of COVID origin-related intelligence, saying that he shares “Congress’s goal of releasing as much information as possible” on the issue. “We need to get to the bottom of COVID-19’s origins to help ensure we can better prevent future pandemics,” Biden said in…


How the West Abetted Beijing’s Censorship of the Lab Leak Theory

“Debunked.” “Dangerous.” “Unhelpful.” These were some of the terms heaped on the theory that COVID-19 might have spilled from a lab in China, accidentally or not. Suggesting the virus may have been linked to a Chinese lab would swiftly earn one the label of “conspiracy theorist.” That was the case for at least 18 months…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: Congress Unites on Punishing the CCP for Organ Harvesting; COVID Origin Info to Be Declassified

Republicans and Democrats have joined together to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for organ harvesting. The CCP has been exposed for using prisoners of conscience and religious believers as living sources for its trade in human organs. Meanwhile, U.S. agencies are past due to release details on the origins of COVID-19, after a…


LIVE NOW: Congress Unites on Punishing the CCP for Organ Harvesting; COVID Origin Info to Be Declassified

Republicans and Democrats have joined together to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for organ harvesting. The CCP has been exposed for using prisoners of conscience and religious believers as living sources for its trade in human organs. Meanwhile, U.S. agencies are past due to release details on the origins of COVID-19, after a…


Congress Unites on Punishing the CCP for Organ Harvesting; COVID Origin Info to Be Declassified

Republicans and Democrats have joined together to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for organ harvesting. The CCP has been exposed for using prisoners of conscience and religious believers as living sources for its trade in human organs. Meanwhile, U.S. agencies are past due to release details on the origins of COVID-19, after a…


LIVE 3/15, at 10:30 AM ET: Congress Unites on Punishing the CCP for Organ Harvesting; COVID Origin Info to Be Declassified

Republicans and Democrats have joined together to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for organ harvesting. The CCP has been exposed for using prisoners of conscience and religious believers as living sources for its trade in human organs. Meanwhile, U.S. agencies are past due to release details on the origins of COVID-19, after a…


Top Wuhan Official Blamed for COVID Pandemic Makes High-Profile Appearance

Jiang Chaoliang, the former Party boss of Hubei Province who was sacked at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, was named as the deputy head of the Hubei delegation to the CCP’s rubber-stamp Congress. He was blamed for the first COVID outbreak in late 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Jiang worked with provincial government leadership…