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China files tit-for-tat lawsuit against Missouri amid claims it hoarded PPE during Covid pandemic

Missouri filed a lawsuit against China for hoarding personal protective equipment in the early months of the pandemic and a federal judge gave a ruling in favour of the US state earlier this year

The Independent UK

New bat strain of coronavirus discovered by researchers in Wuhan

The potential for human infection has yet to be explored

Evening Standard

CIA says ‘more likely’ COVID-19 originated from a lab

The intelligence agency says it has ‘low confidence’ in assessment and will continue to evaluate credible information.

Al Jazeera

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COVID-19 likely came from a lab, US committee finds

Republican-controlled committee says coronavirus likely emerged from a ‘laboratory or research-related accident’.

Al Jazeera

Boris Johnson claims Covid originated in lab, in sudden U-turn in his views

Claim in ex-PM’s memoir contradicts his earlier warning that virus emerged from unsanitary ‘wet’ markets

The Independent UK

Did COVID come from an animal market? Here’s what the new evidence really tells us

The argument about the origins of COVID has always been heated, and nowadays it feels more like a brawl than a scientific debate.

The Conversation

The Media Is Back to Deriding the Lab Leak as a 'Conspiracy Theory'

Even if EcoHealth's "basic research" in Wuhan didn't cause the pandemic, it certainly failed in its mission to stop it.

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Anthony Fauci's Inner Circle Initially Thought COVID Came From a Lab

Sen. Rand Paul explains why FOIA litigation shouldn’t have been necessary to find this out.

Reason

Dr. Fauci Supports Suspending US Grant Funding To Ecohealth Alliance

Dr. Fauci supports suspending US grant funding to EcoHealth Alliance over Covid-19 origins controversy.

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Biden administration cuts funding for Wuhan coronavirus lab

The lab in Wuhan, China suspected by some to be the source of the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer receive U.S. government funding.

Tribune News Service

US ceases funding to Wuhan institute amid Covid probe

Wuhan lab faces intense scrutiny for research into bat coronaviruses and ‘security lapses’

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US suspends Wuhan Institute funds over COVID stonewalling

The Biden administration has halted the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s access to federal funding after the lab failed to provide documents about safety and security measures, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg News.

LiveScience

Declassified US intelligence report finds no evidence of coronavirus 'lab leak' from Wuhan institute

A declassified U.S. intelligence report further refutes the idea that SARS-CoV-2 "leaked" from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Daily Record

Three Wuhan scientists 'world's first Covid patients when experiment went wrong'

So-called Patients Zero included Ben Hu, Ping Yu and Yan Zhu who were all researching SARS-like viruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to an investigation.

Daily Mirror

Three Wuhan scientists 'were world's first Covid patients after experiment went wrong'

Three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have been suspected as the source of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new investigation

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Daily Mirror

Wuhan scientists were 'creating world's most deadly coronaviruses' weeks before pandemic

A trove of intercepted communications, the full details of which are being held as top-secret, has revealed that scientists in China were experimenting with deadly viruses, which ended up getting out of the Wuhan Institute of Virology and laying the world to waste

The Guardian - UK

Covid lab leak theory should not be ruled out, top Chinese scientist says

Virologist George Gao also states for first time that China has investigated claim virus came from a laboratory

Daily Mirror

China 'tried to keep Covid outbreak a secret' and first death earlier than believed

A Senate investigation into the origins of Covid-19 has presented further circumstantial evidence linking the Wuhan Institute of Virology to the leak - though admits there's no "smoking gun"

The Conversation

COVID origins debate: what to make of new findings linking the virus to raccoon dogs

The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, has long been a topic of heated debate. While many believe SARS-CoV-2 spread to humans from an animal at Wuhan’s Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, others have argued the virus was accidentally leaked from a lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Evening Standard

Joe Biden orders release of intelligence on potential links between Covid and Wuhan lab

US intelligence agencies are divided over whether a lab leak or a spillover from animals is the likely source of the deadly virus

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: US to release intel on potential Covid-Wuhan lab links; RBA considering rate pause; and London’s ‘racist’ police

Plus: the Nationals’ ‘shocker’ vaping idea

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: I called for more research on the COVID ‘lab leak theory.’ Here’s what I found out

Recent reports that Department of Energy and FBI officials think the COVID-19 pandemic originated with a so-called lab leak appear to have provided all the “evidence” many require. As a scientist who has led or contributed to several peer-reviewed studies that tell a very different story, I’ve looked on with…

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