FOI lawsuits on origins of Covid-19, gain-of-function research and biolabs
U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit investigative public health group, has filed four lawsuits against federal agencies for violating provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The lawsuits are...
January 14, 2022
FOI documents on origins of Covid-19, gain-of-function research and biolabs
In July 2020, U.S. Right to Know began submitting public records requests in pursuit of data from public institutions in an effort to discover what is known about the origins of the novel coronavirus...
January 10, 2022
EcoHealth Alliance wanted to block disclosure of Covid-19-relevant virus data from China
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January 10, 2022
Institutional Biosafety Commmittee (IBC) Meeting Minutes
U.S. Right to Know has obtained the following Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) meeting minutes though freedom of information requests. IBCs review an institution's protocols for working...
December 31, 2021
Key articles on origins of Covid-19, gain-of-function research and biolabs
Here is a reading list about what is known and not known about the origins of SARS-CoV-2, accidents and leaks at biosafety and biowarfare laboratories, and the health risks of gain-of-function (GOF)...
December 28, 2021
Wuhan’s lower biosafety level labs posed greater risk for coronavirus lab leak, experts said
Biosafety experts, including one with longstanding ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), privately harbored questions about risks taken with coronavirus research at biosafety level 3 (BSL-3)...
December 27, 2021
In early 2020, as the world was reeling from the fast spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, a leading biosafety expert with close ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) encouraged scientists there...
December 2, 2021
Why we are suing the NIH for Covid-19 information
A year ago, a fearful world was struggling to emerge from a paralyzing pandemic, a confusing health care crisis that emerged swiftly to sicken and kill millions. Today, nearly two years into the...
November 8, 2021
The World Health Organization has proposed 26 scientists for a new group to investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as future outbreaks. WHO plans to appoint members to the new...
October 26, 2021
How NIH-funded research in China could have led to the COVID-19 pandemic
A multimillion-dollar bat coronavirus research grant, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was made public last week, revealing that researchers based in Wuhan, China had manipulated...
September 17, 2021