COVIDorigins

Controversial virus-hunting scientist skewered at US COVID-origins hearing

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Republicans in the US House of Representatives publicly grilled infectious disease specialist Peter Daszak today during a long-awaited hearing on Capitol Hill. In their questioning they suggested that Daszak and the nonprofit organisation he heads, EcoHealth Alliance in New York City, knowingly conducted dangerous research by studying coronaviruses with a virology lab in Wuhan, China, … Read more

US COVID-origins hearing puts scientific journals in the hot seat

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Brad Wenstrup (right), a Republican from Ohio who chairs the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, speaks with Raul Ruiz (left), a Democrat from California who is ranking member of the subcommittee.Credit: Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty During a public hearing in Washington DC today, Republicans in the US House of Representatives alleged that government scientists unduly influenced … Read more