SARS-CoV-2 origins controversy

Newly released U.S. intelligence memo reveals plans for independent COVID origins study

New documents, obtained via a FOIA lawsuit, include an NIC memo updating where U.S. spy agencies stand in the debate over whether the pandemic evolved naturally or from a lab incident

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Newly released intelligence records show that as recently as January 2025, the U.S. intelligence community planned to create an independent panel of outside experts to study how the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Chinese-linked journal editor sought help to rebut Covid-19 lab origin hypothesis

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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 by U.S. Right to Know. The commentary reinforced a scientific narrative of certainty about natural origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, just a … Chinese-linked journal editor sought help to rebut Covid-19 lab origin hypothesis

Newly declassified 2020 intelligence assessment found Wuhan lab’s conditions were ripe for potential coronavirus release

The previously undisclosed assessment from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was among nearly 400 pages of COVID-19 origins records released by ODNI, including emails showing analysts grappling with differing pandemic origin theories. 

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A newly declassified Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory assessment from May 2020 concluded that all of the conditions necessary for an accidental release of a laboratory-modified coronavirus were present at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China before the COVID-19 pandemic erupted. 

US intelligence agency’s classified analysis offers detailed scientific view that COVID-19 may have come from Wuhan lab

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An analysis by the U.S. Defense Department’s intelligence agency concluded five years ago that the virus that caused COVID-19 could have been engineered in a Chinese laboratory and later escaped to spawn the pandemic that eventually killed millions of people, recently released documents obtained by US Right to Know show.

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

WHO chief Tedros: No dispositive evidence yet on COVID’s origin

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World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that there is no proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” for one COVID-19 origin hypothesis or the other in a brief interview with U.S. Right to Know. In an interview in Washington on Thursday, Tedros was asked about recent preprint publications claiming “dispositive” evidence that COVID-19 originated … WHO chief Tedros: No dispositive evidence yet on COVID’s origin