Peter Daszak

How NIH-funded research in China could have led to the COVID-19 pandemic

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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 coronaviruses in ways that led to increased severity of infection, employing platforms that tested the ability of bat coronaviruses to use human receptors. The grant documents underscore … How NIH-funded research in China could have led to the COVID-19 pandemic

Another missing database? EcoHealth project in Southeast Asia is under construction

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EcoHealth Alliance conducted field research for years in Southeast Asia, a region central to the origin of COVID-19, but some of the data appears to have been withdrawn from public view. EcoHealth Alliance, an American scientific organization that receives funds from several federal agencies, has come under scrutiny for its controversial work hunting for novel … Another missing database? EcoHealth project in Southeast Asia is under construction

Emails show Wuhan lab collaborator played central role in public messaging about COVID-19 origins

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EcoHealth Alliance president Peter Daszak used scientific and professional connections to convince media and government officials of natural Covid-19 origins.

Controversial coronavirus research may have continued even after NIH pulled funding

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EcoHealth Alliance president Peter Daszak planned to continue coronavirus research unfunded after NIH suspended grant

U.S. funded discovery of close COVID-19 relative at the center of origins controversy

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U.S. funded the discovery of RaTG13, the closest relative of Covid-19 known before the pandemic began.

EcoHealth Alliance wanted to block disclosure of Covid-19-relevant virus data from China

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EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak opposed the public release of Covid-19-related virus sequence data gathered from China as part of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) PREDICT program, according to emails obtained by U.S. Right to Know. The conversation in late April 2020 involved employees of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that has received millions … EcoHealth Alliance wanted to block disclosure of Covid-19-relevant virus data from China

Celebrated virus hunter siphoned taxpayer funds for his private ‘Global Virome Project’

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A former U.S. Agency for International Development official founded and worked for a controversial organization benefiting from USAID funds while he continued to receive six-figure paychecks from his USAID job, potentially running afoul of ethics laws, according to documents obtained by U.S. Right to Know. Emerging Pandemic Threats Division Director Dennis Carroll went on to … Celebrated virus hunter siphoned taxpayer funds for his private ‘Global Virome Project’

Virologist who tried to discredit the lab leak theory was once a ‘partner’ to EcoHealth Alliance

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A virologist who coauthored a paper marginalizing the lab leak theory did not disclose his ties to the research group at the center of it. Director of Columbia University’s Center for Infection and Immunity Ian Lipkin has often worked with EcoHealth Alliance, a U.S.-based collaborator of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the group confirmed in … Virologist who tried to discredit the lab leak theory was once a ‘partner’ to EcoHealth Alliance

Hearing exposes how politics slowed U.S. investigation into COVID origins

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The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in a hearing Tuesday continued to peel back the curtain on the sluggish early U.S. investigation into the origins of COVID-19. More than three years have passed since a highly transmissible novel coronavirus first emerged out of Wuhan, China, yet key details about the pandemic’s origin are still … Hearing exposes how politics slowed U.S. investigation into COVID origins

Public comments on the WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) members

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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 Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) after a two week review to gather public opinion on the proposed … Public comments on the WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) members

Scientist with conflict of interest leading Lancet COVID-19 Commission task force on virus origins

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Last week, U.S. Right to Know reported that an influential statement in The Lancet signed by 27 prominent public health scientists about the origins of SARS-CoV-2 was organized by employees of EcoHealth Alliance, a non-profit group that has received millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer funding to genetically manipulate coronaviruses with scientists at the Wuhan … Scientist with conflict of interest leading Lancet COVID-19 Commission task force on virus origins