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Joycelyn Uy

Ecohealth Alliance Faces Criminal DOJ Probe After Funding Risky Wuhan Lab Research With Taxpayer Cash, House Report Finds

The US Department of Justice investigates EcoHealth Alliance for funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan (Credit: Screenshot From @FOX2Detroit/Youtube)

The US Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the pandemic-era activities of the EcoHealth Alliance, following new congressional findings that the organisation used taxpayer cash to fund gain-of-function research at a laboratory in Wuhan, China.

A comprehensive report from the House Select Subcommittee details how the nonprofit group allegedly violated federal grant terms before facing suspension from all government funding, according to the subcommittee's findings.

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