Although definitions of gain-of-function differ, investigative reports leave no question researchers manipulated ...

DRASTIC, a group of internet users with no expertise in virology, has been pushing their hypothesis of a research accident in ...

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory.

The problem for the lab-leak position is that the U.S. has never had access to the Wuhan lab and has thus been unable to ...

The CIA now assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China, rather than occurring naturally, according to a statement from the agency Saturday, ...

The virus that started the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a lab in China, the CIA said in a new assessment, though it has no conclusive evidence.

The Government is preparing to adjust its official view of Covid's origins to fall in line with the growing international consensus that the virus spread as a result of a leak from a Wuhan laboratory.

at a Wuhan market. Republican Senator Tom Cotton, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, hailed the CIA’s conclusion as vindication for lab-leak advocates. "Now, the most important thing ...

On January 25, 2025, however, the CIA revised its previous assessment, announcing that it now favored a laboratory-associated ...

The CIA on Saturday offered a new assessment on the origin of the Covid outbreak, saying the coronavirus is "more likely" to ...

China has firmly denied that its Wuhan Institute of Virology conducted gain-of-function studies on coronavirus, rejecting ...

The analysis includes a closer look at high-security labs in Wuhan, China. Ratcliffe, a proponent of the lab leak theory, emphasized the importance of the CIA's involvement in the discussion ...