Rand Paul's Annual Festivus Report Highlights $1.6 Trillion in Wasteful Spending These wasteful boondoggles add up. So do the programs that many Americans insist are important but refuse to reform. Reason · Jan 2
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
The ‘lab-leak origin’ of Covid-19. Fact or fiction? In a January 24 interview with the far-right-wing outlet Breitbart News, newly appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe stated that assessing intelligence on a potential Wuhan lab leak was a top priority. The following day, The New York Times reported that the agency had shifted from an undecided stance to favoring a… The Conversation · Feb 25, 2025
Will Trump and the New GOP Congress Get to the Bottom of COVID-19's Origin? It's a good sign that the president is calling on critics of the federal government's lack of transparency to staff his administration. Reason · Feb 11, 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
Should We Blame Fauci for the COVID Pandemic? America's COVID celebrity is facing scrutiny for funding risky research that may have sparked the pandemic—and for allegedly covering it up. Reason · Sep 14, 2024
Michael Hiltzik: US government debunks COVID lab-leak conspiracy theory, enraging conspiracy theorists That sound you may have detected rising from the ether of social media this weekend was the gnashing of teeth by COVID conspiracy-mongers, outraged by a U.S. government report debunking their most cherished claims. Los Angeles Times · Jun 29, 2023
Declassified US intelligence report finds no evidence of coronavirus 'lab leak' from Wuhan institute A declassified U.S. intelligence report further refutes the idea that SARS-CoV-2 "leaked" from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. LiveScience · Jun 26, 2023
China 'tried to keep Covid outbreak a secret' and first death earlier than believed A Senate investigation into the origins of Covid-19 has presented further circumstantial evidence linking the Wuhan Institute of Virology to the leak - though admits there's no "smoking gun" Daily Mirror · May 17, 2023
A Muffin Break Franchise In A ‘Yuge Melb Shopping Centre Has Been Hit W/ 360 Child Labour Charges "Some [kids] don’t feel able to speak up when they feel unsafe." Pedestrian.tv · Apr 27, 2023
Republican report on COVID origins pushes lab leak hypothesis As U.S. lawmakers continue to seek answers about how the COVID-19 pandemic first began, former Republican staffers are releasing details from their own independent investigations, putting pressure on the Biden administration to declassify sensitive intelligence. Tribune News Service · Apr 17, 2023
Do IBCs benefit biomedical research? Experts say IBCs are a crucial tool for ensuring the safety of biomedical research. Critics say they are too opaque Salon · Apr 7, 2022