Wuhan Institute of Virology

The Investigation Of The Pandemic's Origins Is At An Impasse

5:37pm June 17, 2021

by Will Stone

In the wake of heated debate over the unproven lab leak theory, the world is calling on China to cooperate with investigations. But efforts to delve into this matter seem to be stalling.

President Biden directed the intelligence agencies to look for evidence of an accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (pictured). Many scientists still think its more likely the virus came form the wild.

Health & Safety

Many Scientists Still Think The Coronavirus Came From Nature

5:09pm May 28, 2021

by Geoff Brumfiel

President Biden told U.S. intelligence agencies to investigate whether the coronavirus spread after a lab leak in China. Scientists welcome the request, but many still think it came from the wild.

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A laboratory on the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province in May 2020. Focus has turned back to the facility as a possible origin of the coronavirus pandemic.

Why A Lab In Wuhan Is Worth A Closer Look As A Possible Source Of The Pandemic

2:40pm May 27, 2021

by Avie Schneider

With the focus shifting again to a Wuhan, China, lab, Dr. Céline Gounder, a COVID-19 adviser to the Biden transition team, says it's important to find the pandemic's origins to prevent the next one.

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Members of the World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the novel coronavirus leave the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China Feb. 3.

Theory That COVID Came From A Chinese Lab Takes On New Life In Wake Of WHO Report

9:01am April 01, 2021

by John Ruwitch

Some scientists worry the possibility the coronavirus escaped from research facilities hasn't gotten enough scrutiny. Others say it appears far more likely to have emerged naturally.

This Bornean horseshoe bat and other bat species can harbor coronaviruses. The nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance had its NIH research money cut for a project in China on bats and coronaviruses this spring — but just got a new multimillion dollar grant

Group Whose NIH Grant For Virus Research Was Revoked Just Got A New Grant

11:11am August 29, 2020

by Maria Godoy

EcoHealth Alliance is one of 11 recipients of funds to set up the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases. But the grant won't let them revisit earlier research on bats and coronavirus.