origins

US Congress greenlights Covid origins report

The US House of Representatives has voted unanimously to pass a bill that would direct the federal government to declassify…

1 year ago

Chinese city offers cash bounties in hunt for outbreak origins

The city of Heihe, far in China’s northeast along its border with Russia, said it would shell out 100,000 yuan…

2 years ago

Beijing dismisses ‘unscientific’ report on Covid-19 origins by US intelligence community

On Friday, the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its assessment of how the SARS-CoV-2 virus…

3 years ago

China will oppose ANY ‘political manipulation’ in new WHO probe into origins of Covid-19 – Foreign Ministry

Speaking on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that the government hopes all parties involved in the inquiry…

3 years ago

Team of top scientists researching Covid origins disbanded amid controversy and conflicts of interest

Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs told the Wall Street Journal on Saturday that, after a year of work, he has…

3 years ago

China slams ‘fabricated’ US intelligence report on Covid-19 origins, says it’s a matter for scientists, not spies

In May, US President Joe Biden gave the US intelligence community 90 days to figure out the source of the…

3 years ago

US report on Covid-19 origins finds intelligence community ‘divided’ between lab leak and animal exposure theories

The ‘Intelligence Community assessment,’ released on Friday, found that officials “remain divided on the most likely origin of Covid-19,” acknowledging,…

3 years ago

WHO calls on China to release data needed for Covid-19 origins probe, notes that ‘lab theory’ still on the table

In a statement released on Thursday, the WHO called on all governments “to depoliticize the situation and cooperate to accelerate…

3 years ago

China refuses to participate in 2nd phase of WHO’s Covid origins probe, says research into lab leak theory goes against ‘science’

The Chinese government will not take part in a second phase of the WHO’s probe into what caused the pandemic,…

3 years ago

GOP reps. demand Fauci testify on Covid-19 origins & request briefing on controversial ‘gain of function’ research

Reps. Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) and James Comer (R-Kentucky) penned a letter to two Democratic committee heads on Thursday, saying it…

3 years ago