Dr. Matthew Memoli, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases researcher focused on flu and other respiratory viruses, has been named acting director of the nearly $50 billion agency.
Previously, the CIA did not take a position on where the virus - which is responsible for more than seven million deaths worldwide - came from.
The past three administrations have tried to limit gain-of-function research. The second Trump administration might be the first one to be successful at doing so.
Rand Paul condemned Biden for issuing a pardon to Dr. Anthony Fauci for all crimes he may have committed as one of his last acts in the White House.
"Dr. Fauci saw that and he said, 'Oh my God, I could get blamed for all this. So I'm going to have to establish complete control so nobody has questions'"
President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Given he continues to face ongoing threats due to his public-facing role during the Covid-19 pandemic, Fauci has now hired his own private security that he’ll pay for himself.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, health worker Maria Tereza Malheiros Sapienza's curiosity was aroused by her immunity to SARS-CoV-2: her husband, Marcelo Sapienza, a physician, was infected twice (in April 2020 and January 2022),
Previously, the CIA did not take a position on where the virus - which is responsible for more than seven million deaths worldwide - came from.
CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible.”
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Monday announced that his committee subpoenaed 14 federal agencies from the exiting Biden-Harris administration in a sweeping investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and U.