Tag: Wuhan Institute of Virology

Republicans Demand Biden Declassify COVID-19 Origins Documents as Deadline Looms

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) are tapping their watches at President Joe Biden as a deadline looms for his administration to declassify all of its documents on the origins of COVID-19. In March, Biden signed the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, which requires the Director of National Intelligence to “declassify any and…


NIH Cuts Off Funding to Wuhan Lab at Center of COVID Lab Leak Controversy

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has quietly removed the Wuhan lab suspected as a source of COVID-19 from its list of foreign facilities eligible to conduct animal experiments on taxpayer dollars. The name Wuhan Institute of Virology, which was still on the list as recently as April 23, was absent from the page last…


NIH Cuts Off Funding to Wuhan Lab at Center of COVID Leak Controversy

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has quietly removed the Wuhan lab suspected as a source of COVID-19 from its list of foreign facilities eligible to conduct animal experiments on taxpayer dollars. The name Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), which was still on the list as recently as April 23, was absent from the page…


ANALYSIS: Why Was EcoHealth Alliance’s Grant Reinstated Despite Group’s Apparent Failure to Comply With NIH Conditions?

News Analysis The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reinstated a grant that had been terminated by President Donald Trump in April 2020. However, a document first obtained by the House Oversight Committee reveals that the NIH’s conditions for reinstatement have not been met. The grant, titled “Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence,” was…


ANALYSIS: NIH Leadership Was Deeply Anxious About Wuhan Lab Funding, New Emails Reveal

News Analysis New National Institutes of Health (NIH) emails released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reveal the stark contrast between the public and private views of top NIH officials on the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new batch of FOIA emails, which was obtained by independent journalist James Tobias, shows a pattern…


IN-DEPTH: Before the Suspected Wuhan Lab Leak, a Key Scientist Knew of the Risks

News Analysis Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group initiated by Peter Daszak was soliciting funding for a lab leak prevention and preparation program, a newly discovered document reveals. Daszak later became known as a leading figure in Dr. Anthony Fauci’s funding of gain-of-function experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. Daszak…


Evidence Overwhelmingly Pointed to Leak From Wuhan Lab From Day One

Commentary A recent assessment from the U.S. Energy Department found that the COVID-19 virus likely emerged from a Chinese laboratory. News of this development has caused major media organizations to sharply pivot in their coverage of the origin of the pandemic. Previously, any information about a lab origin was rigorously avoided, but now corporate media…


Ecohealth Alliance May Have Double Billed US Government for Chinese Virus Research: Investigators

The U.S.-based group that funneled taxpayer money to the laboratory in China in the city where the first COVID-19 cases were detected may have double billed the U.S. government, an investigative team has found. A team led by Diane Cutler, a former federal investigator, uncovered evidence of potential double billing by the EcoHealth Alliance, a New…


US Group May Have Double Billed Government for Research in China: Investigators

The U.S.-based group that funneled taxpayer money to the laboratory in China in the city where the first COVID-19 cases were detected may have double billed the U.S. government, an investigative team has found. A team led by Diane Cutler, a former federal investigator, uncovered evidence of potential double billing by the EcoHealth Alliance, a New…


Democrat Himes Backs Republican Push to Declassify Intelligence on Origins of COVID

During testimony on March 7, the top Democrat in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said that he would support a GOP-led measure that would require the Biden administration to declassify details about possible connections between the coronavirus pandemic and China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. In the House Rules Committee hearing, Rep. Jim Himes…