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Senate Panel Refers Fauci to Justice Department for Contempt as COVID Origins Questions Stay Unsettled

A Senate committee voted to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt and referred him to the Justice Department. Here is what the vote does and does not establish.

Medical Daily · Aug 7

Ecohealth Alliance Faces Criminal DOJ Probe After Funding Risky Wuhan Lab Research With Taxpayer Cash, House Report Finds

The US Department of Justice investigates EcoHealth Alliance for funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, amid allegations of obstructing federal inquiries and violating grant terms.

International Business Times UK · Jul 29

Fauci Aide Charged

Plus: A dicey FISA reauthorization, kingly quips about burning down the White House, the world's narrowest tax breaks, and more...

Reason · Apr 29

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The Covid ‘lab leak’ theory isn’t just a rightwing conspiracy – pretending that’s the case is bad for science

While figures like Steve Bannon have exploited the issue, scientists have done themselves no favours by shutting down legitimate inquiry, says award-winning science writer Jane Qiu

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2025

Trump's Budget Calls for $17 Billion Cut to NIH, Citing Lax Oversight of Gain-of-Function Research in Wuhan

The White House budget plan says the agency's failure to prove it was not complicit in a possible lab leak shows it's "too big and unfocused."

Reason · May 2, 2025

N.Y. Times Columnist on the Deception Surrounding the COVID-19 Origin Debate

From yesterday's column by Prof. Zeynep Tufekci: [T]o promote the appearance of consensus [that the COVID-19 pandemic was definitely caused… The post N.Y. Times Columnist on the Deception Surrounding the COVID-19 Origin Debate appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Mar 17, 2025

USAID-Funded Pandemic Research Failed To Spot COVID or Ensure Chinese Transparency

There remains many open questions about whether the agency's funding played a role in the creation of COVID-19 in a Wuhan laboratory.

Reason · Feb 6, 2025

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The Media Is Back to Deriding the Lab Leak as a 'Conspiracy Theory'

Even if EcoHealth's "basic research" in Wuhan didn't cause the pandemic, it certainly failed in its mission to stop it.

Reason · Jul 10, 2024

Congressman Comer Calls For Accountability In Fauci Investigation

Kentucky Congressman James Comer criticizes Dr. Fauci for alleged perjury and deception, hinting at legal action and calling for transparency in addressing...

Dr. Fauci Supports Suspending US Grant Funding To Ecohealth Alliance

Dr. Fauci supports suspending US grant funding to EcoHealth Alliance over Covid-19 origins controversy.

Fauci faces skeptical GOP to bat back COVID-19 accusations - Roll Call

GOP lawmakers accuse Anthony Fauci of covering up the origins of COVID-19 and using his personal email for official government work.

Roll Call · Jun 3, 2024

Biden Administration Strips Federal Funding From Nonprofit at Center of COVID Lab Leak Controversy

Federal officials say EcoHealth Alliance failed to properly report on its gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and to monitor safety conditions there.

Reason · May 15, 2024

'America Funded It': Rand Paul Blasts Fauci and the Media for Suppressing the Lab Leak Theory

The notion that COVID-19 came from a lab was once touted as misinformation. But now the FBI, the Energy Department, and others agree with Paul.

Reason · Oct 25, 2023

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