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China nominated the Wuhan Institute of Virology for the nation's top science award amid mounting suspicions that COVID was made and leaked from its labs
The nomination came after Zhao Lijian, China's top foreign ministry spokesman, said the lab deserve…
Cheryl Teh
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Trump demands China pay $10 trillion of 'reparations' to US for damage caused by COVID-19
Former President Donald Trump demanded that China pay $10 trillion in "reparations" to the US durin…
Joshua Zitser
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The Washington Post corrected an article that described COVID-19 emerging from a Wuhan lab as a 'conspiracy theory' and 'debunked'
The theory that the coronavirus escaped a Wuhan lab was initially dismissed as a conspiracy theory,…
Tom Porter
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G7 leaders push for a 'transparent' investigation into the origins of COVID
The G7 leaders are pushing for "a timely, transparent, expert-led, and science-based WHO-convened P…
John L. Dorman
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Google isn't blocking searches for the 'lab leak' theory as the coronavirus' origin is being investigated, but it prioritizes 'authoritative' results to avoid leading users to misinformation
Google exec David Feinberg said the tech giant does not intend to lead people "down pathways that w…
Allana Akhtar
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Rand Paul says he and his family have received death threats amid 'outspoken' clashes with Fauci over origins of COVID-19
Sen. Paul of Kentucky has accused Dr. Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, of mislea…
Ashley Collman
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US officials may have avoided the coronavirus lab-leak theory to avoid associations with controversial gain-of-function research
The US has funded labs that alter coronaviruses for research. That may have led officials to avoid …
Aria Bendix
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Wuhan virologist Dr. Shi Zhengli denies COVID-19 lab leak theory in rare interview
"My lab has never conducted or cooperated in conducting gain-of-function experiments that enhance t…
Azmi Haroun
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A lab leak in Wuhan remains a 'viable' theory for the coronavirus' origin, an international group of scientists says
The coronavirus' origin remains a mystery. So the idea that it was accidentally released from a lab…
Aylin Woodward
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A lab leak in Wuhan versus a natural hop from bats: Evidence for each theory of the coronavirus pandemic's origin
A US intelligence report found that staff at a Wuhan lab fell ill just before the pandemic, fueling…
Aylin Woodward
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A newly reported classified US government missive on the lab leak theory shows we still don't know where COVID-19 came from
US intelligence officials have varying degrees of confidence in their theories about a lab leak and…
Katie Balevic
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3 Wuhan lab workers were sick enough to go to the hospital in November 2019, report says, bolstering calls to reconsider the coronavirus lab-leak theory
The Wuhan Institute of Virology hasn't released raw data or lab records on its work with coronaviru…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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House Republicans published a report blaming the COVID-19 outbreak on a Chinese lab leak, but the US intelligence community has yet to back the theory
Biden in May gave the US intelligence community 90 days to conclude an investigation on COVID-19's …
Ashley Collman
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The WHO is restarting its investigation into whether COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab, report says
The WHO is building a new team of 20 specialists in lab safety, biosecurity, and animal diseases, T…
Bill Bostock
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China spent years angrily trying to shut down the theory that COVID-19 came from its labs. It failed.
The FBI's director, Christopher Wray, has added his support to the theory that COVID-19 originated …
Tom Porter
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A leading scientist said the world needs to understand the origins of COVID-19 to prevent 'COVID-26 and COVID-32,' adding to growing calls to investigate the lab-leak theory
"There's going to be covid-26 and covid-32 unless we fully understand the origins of covid-19," Pet…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Data released by China suggests COVID-19 virus may have come from raccoon dogs and 'strengthens' Wuhan wet-market theory
China collected COVID-19 virus data in 2019, but only recently released it. The World Health Organi…
Bethany Dawson
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UK spies believe the theory that COVID-19 escaped from a Wuhan lab is 'plausible' and are trying to recruit darknet sources as they investigate it, says report
The theory that the coronavirus leaked from a Wuhan lab was initially dismissed, but intelligence a…
Tom Porter
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WHO chief said it was 'premature' to dismiss the coronavirus lab-leak theory because 'lab accidents happen'
The once ridiculed theory has gained some traction this year despite furious pushback from China.
Thomas Colson
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China is spreading conspiracy theories that the coronavirus was created in an American lab and that a US-created vaccine is killing the elderly
The disinformation push comes as a team of WHO scientists begin a study into the origins of the vir…