The director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) ordered staff in January 2020 to “not discuss COVID-19,” according to a Guangzhou-based blogger’s social media post that is cited in a...
June 28, 2021
On May 24, 2021, the U.S. State Department released more records in response to our FOIA lawsuit. These may be of interest: “PRC claims of COVID transmission via cold chain food imports...
May 27, 2021
Chinese-linked journal editor sought help to rebut Covid-19 lab origin hypothesis
The editor-in-chief of a scientific journal with ties to China commissioned a commentary to refute the hypothesis that the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 came from a lab, according to emails obtained...
April 7, 2021
Chinese scientists sought to change name of deadly coronavirus to distance it from China
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of scientists affiliated with China’s government tried to distance the coronavirus from China by influencing its official naming. Nodding to the...
February 17, 2021
Emails show scientists discussed masking their involvement in key journal letter on Covid origins
EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak, the head of an organization involved in research that genetically manipulates coronaviruses, discussed hiding his role in a statement published last year...
February 15, 2021
Colorado State University documents on bat pathogen research
This post describes documents of Colorado State University (CSU) Professors Rebekah Kading and Tony Schountz, which U.S. Right to Know obtained from a public records request. Kading and Schountz are...
January 21, 2021
How safe are the biolabs at Colorado State?
A draft funding proposal for the construction of a new biolab at Colorado State University raises questions about safety and security at its existing biolabs in Fort Collins, Colorado. The...
January 21, 2021
USRTK asks ODNI to declassify documents about accidents at labs that store dangerous pathogens
U.S. Right to Know (USRTK) has asked the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to declassify three documents about biosafety lapses occurring in laboratories that store dangerous...
January 8, 2021
Altered datasets raise more questions about reliability of key studies on coronavirus origins
Revisions to genomic datasets associated with four key studies on coronavirus origins add further questions about the reliability of these studies, which provide foundational support for the...
December 29, 2020
No peer review for addendum to prominent coronavirus origins study?
The journal Nature did not assess the reliability of important claims made in a November 17 addendum to a study on the bat-origins of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, correspondence with Nature...
December 18, 2020