Biohazards News Tracker: Best articles on SARS-CoV-2 origins, biolabs and gain of function research

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)...

March 4, 2021

FOI litigation on biohazards investigation

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...

March 2, 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

FOI documents on origins of SARS-CoV-2, hazards of gain-of-function research and biosafety labs

U.S. Right to Know is researching the origins of SARS-CoV-2, and the hazards of biosafety laboratories and gain-of-function research, which aims to increase the infectivity or lethality of potential...

February 17, 2021

Chinese scientists sought to change name of deadly coronavirus to distance it from China

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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