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science-and-research2 years ago

"Senators Investigate Fauci-Run Montana Lab for Covid-like Virus Research"

Republican Senators Joni Ernst and Eric Schmitt are demanding answers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding a laboratory in Montana, Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), where US taxpayer money was used to manipulate coronaviruses before the pandemic. The lab, which has a history of protocol breaches, collaborated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2018 to infect bats with a 'SARS-like' virus. The senators' letter to the NIH raises concerns about risky research, biosafety incidents, lab animal sourcing, and collaborations with EcoHealth Alliance. They also question the NIH's continued collaboration with EcoHealth Alliance, which they claim violated grant policies and may have caused the Covid-19 pandemic. The senators demand transparency and accountability regarding RML's past, present, and future experiments with dangerous pathogens.

via Daily Mail|
#anthony-fauci#coronavirus#ecohealth-alliance
lawsuit2 years ago

Families of COVID victims sue EcoHealth for funding and releasing virus

The families of four individuals who died from COVID-19 have filed a lawsuit against Manhattan-based nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, alleging that the organization funded and released the virus either intentionally or accidentally. The lawsuit claims that EcoHealth knew about the virus's potential to cause a global pandemic but failed to ensure safety measures at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where the virus originated. The families seek unspecified damages and accuse EcoHealth of covering up the virus's origins. Another individual is also suing EcoHealth for serious injuries caused by COVID-19. The families' attorney argues that if the true origin of the virus had been known, the response could have been different. EcoHealth Alliance and its president, Peter Daszak, have not responded to requests for comment.

via New York Post |
#cover-up#covid-19#ecohealth-alliance
science2 years ago

US Government Continues Funding for Controversial Coronavirus Research

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has renewed its grant to EcoHealth Alliance, a non-profit organization that researches bat coronaviruses and is at the center of the Covid lab leak theory. The grant, funded by US taxpayers, will provide $2.3 million over the next four years, but EcoHealth has agreed not to subcontract work to China, collect new virus samples from the wild, or carry out 'gain of function' research. The renewal has drawn criticism from experts who say it "betrays the trust of US taxpayers."

via Daily Mail|
#bat-coronaviruses#covid-19#ecohealth-alliance
science2 years ago

US Government Restarts Controversial Wuhan Lab Research Grant.

The US government has renewed a grant for EcoHealth Alliance, a research organization with ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, to continue its work on "bat-origin coronaviruses." The grant, which was terminated shortly after the pandemic broke out in 2020, will provide $568,370 per year for the next four years. EcoHealth has committed not to subcontract work to China, collect new virus samples from the wild, or engage in any "gain of function" research. The decision is expected to spark debate in the US Congress and beyond.

via The Telegraph|
#covid-19#ecohealth-alliance#grant
politics2 years ago

US funded 'mutant virus' research at Wuhan lab before COVID-19 outbreak

The EcoHealth Alliance used US tax dollars to research "mutant viruses" during its work with the Wuhan lab in China, according to federal grant applications obtained by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch. The documents suggest that US funding for mutant virus, gain-of-function research may have been responsible for the emergence of the COVID pandemic in Wuhan. The EcoHealth Alliance denies conducting gain-of-function research, and the NIH never approved any research that would make a coronavirus more dangerous to humans, according to an agency spokesperson.

via Fox News|
#covid-19#ecohealth-alliance#gain-of-function-research