White Coat Waste Project (WCW) recently revealed how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has collaborated with China in conducting "bird flu gain-of-function experiments."
Scientists are limiting their research to fewer countries, committing to neutralizing viruses in the field, and are focusing on domestic animals that have already had human contact.
U.S. federal government has imposed a stringent 10-year funding prohibition on the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) through the Health and Human Services Department (HHS).
As debate around the coronavirus "lab leak hypothesis" continues, fueling speculation as to the extent human intention or error contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, questions are raised about whether Pfizer's laboratories in Mumbai and Johannesburg are implicated in the emergence of new COVID variants like Eris.