United States senator Rand Paul has written to several federal agencies requesting information about the ‘Defusing the Threat of Bat-borne Coronaviruses’ (DEFUSE) grant proposal that the EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) submitted to the […]
EcoHealth Alliance president Peter Daszak to testify at public congressional hearing
EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) president Peter Daszak is due to testify at a public hearing before the United States’ Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on May 1. He is being invited to […]
US senators announce bipartisan investigation into high-risk biological research and the origin of Covid-19
Two US senators have announced a bipartisan investigation of national security threats posed by high-risk biological research and technology in the United States and abroad. Republican senator Rand Paul and Democrat Gary […]
SARS-CoV-2: scientists say allegations of online aggression over virus origin are defamatory
Amid new indications that SARS-CoV-2 most likely originated in a laboratory, the origins discussion has taken a particularly unpleasant turn with 12 scientists who favour the zoonosis hypothesis accusing two faculty members […]
Statisticians challenge claims that Covid-19 began in the Huanan seafood market
A recently published paper, and its analysis by two German researchers, constitute a fresh challenge to claims that Covid-19 began in the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan. In their paper published in […]
Scientists say EcoHealth Alliance’s DEFUSE proposal was a blueprint for SARS-CoV-2
The investigative research group ‘U.S. Right to Know’ (USRTK) has made public the full batch of documents it obtained about the EcoHealth Alliance’s ‘Defusing the Threat of Bat-borne Coronaviruses’ (DEFUSE) grant proposal […]
Anthony Fauci questioned by members of the US Congress
This article has been updated. In two days of closed-door transcribed interviews with members of the US Congress, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Anthony […]
EcoHealth Alliance dismisses new allegations of dishonesty, but documents reveal deceit
The US-based EcoHealth Alliance has dismissed allegations that the organisation misled the Pentagon about intended research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, but the new revelations add to the weight […]
EcoHealth Alliance president Peter Daszak interviewed by members of the US Congress
This article has been updated. The president of the EcoHealth Alliance (EHA), Peter Daszak, yesterday (Tuesday) gave a voluntary, transcribed interview that was requested by five members of the US Congress who […]
Congressmen urge action over allegations that CIA analysts were given a ‘significant monetary incentive’ to change stance on the origin of Covid-19
This article has been updated. The chairmen of two US select committees are calling for action over a whistleblower’s allegations that six Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analysts were given a “significant monetary […]
US intelligence director releases report, but fails to comply with Covid Origin Act requirements
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in the US has belatedly released a ten-page document, entitled ‘Potential Links Between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Origin of the […]
EcoHealth Alliance jubilant about controversial new $2.2 million grant
The president of the EcoHealth Alliance (EHA), Peter Daszak, has been jubilantly publicising the new US$2.28 million grant the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the US has awarded […]
Biden signs legislation to declassify information about Covid origins
US president Joe Biden has signed the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 into law. The Act requires the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of Covid-19. The […]
SARS-CoV-2: lab-leak hypothesis gains traction
This article has been updated with news of the US House of Representatives passing a Senate-approved bill that will require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin […]
Investigators challenge claims that Covid-19 began in the Huanan seafood market
This article has been updated with details of two new preprints, one of which states that an endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of SARS-CoV-2, and information about a new report in which Republicans […]
SARS-CoV-2: new report calls for further investigation of the lab-origin hypothesis
The Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) has submitted its first preliminary report to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and has called for further investigation of the hypothesis […]
SARS-CoV-2: US congressmen call for Fauci to be questioned about lab-origin hypothesis
This article has been updated. Latest update 7/2/2022. There has been a new call for the director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Anthony Fauci, to be […]
Scientists call for Peter Daszak to be removed as president of the EcoHealth Alliance
This article has been updated. Latest update: 2/12/2021 An international group of ten scientists and health experts has called on the board of the US-based EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) to remove Peter Daszak […]
DRASTIC investigating team releases leaked documents about gain-of-function coronavirus research
This article has been updated. Latest updates: 30/10/2021 (new document obtained from the National Institutes of Health) and 3/11/2021. A team of scientists and other independent researchers has released leaked documents that […]
US intelligence community says SARS-CoV-2 was not developed as a biological weapon
This report has been updated with information about the members of the WHO’s new Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) and a link to the full declassified assessment […]