What Fauci has said about COVID origins, gain-of-function research

Thursday's vote to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress follows years of tension with GOP Sen. Rand Paul, hinging ...
New York Post

Pentagon asked for ‘gain of function’ research proposals years before COVID-19 pandemic, top virologist tells Congress

WASHINGTON — A War Department program requested proposals for so-called “gain of function” experiments that could make viruses more infectious nearly two full years before the COVID-19 pandemic began, ...
Reason

The Trump Administration Misses Key Deadlines for Imposing Restrictions on Gain-of-Function Research

Biosafety hawks were initially optimistic that the incoming second Trump administration would at last place binding constraints on so-called "dangerous gain-of-function" research, in which pathogens ...
The White House

IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Section 1. Purpose. Dangerous gain-of-function research on biological agents and pathogens has the potential to significantly endanger the lives of American citizens. If left unrestricted, its effects ...
New York Post

Trump bans risky — and controversial — virus research that likely led to COVID pandemic

WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order Monday to ban all federal funding of risky gain-of-function research in China, Iran and other countries without proper oversight of the ...
NPR

Trump restricts funding for 'gain-of-function' research — calling it dangerous

President Trump issued an executive order Monday restricting federal funding for research that involves a controversial field of scientific study known as "gain-of-function" research. The research, ...
The Washington Post

Trump officials halt ‘dangerous’ research, overriding NIH career scientists

In May, President Donald Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office surrounded by his top health officials, vowing a crackdown on “dangerous gain-of-function research” on viruses and pathogens ...