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Wuhan Institute of Virology

The Wuhan Institute of Virology.

NIH to terminate part of EcoHealth Alliance grant after its Wuhan partners refuse to deliver information on coronavirus studies

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Wuhan Institute of Virology

Inconclusive: Biden’s COVID-19 origins review hasn’t found a smoking gun

By Matt Field | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

A bus carrying a team of experts from the World Health Organization departs an airport in Wuhan on Jan. 14, 2021, after arriving in the Chinese city to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. That investigation is widely seen as having been obstructed by Chinese authorities. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

How COVID-19’s origins were obscured, by the East and the West

By Nicholas Wade | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

Wuhan Institute of Virology

COVID-19 lab-leak theory: Gain-of-function is a hot topic, but a bad explanation

By Nicholas G. Evans, Anna Muldoon | Disruptive Technologies

Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus arrive by car at the Wuhan Institute of Virology on February 3. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

The origin of COVID: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box at Wuhan?

By Nicholas Wade | Biosecurity, Investigative Reporting

A protest against India's new controversial citizenship law.

Fake news epidemic: Coronavirus breeds hate and disinformation in India and beyond

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies