U.S. halts funding to virus research organization linked to pandemic probes – The Washington Post

Federal health officials Wednesday suspended funding to a U.S. research organization linked to investigations about the novel coronaviruss origins, saying the move is necessary to protect the public interest given the organizations failure to monitor virus experiments in a Chinese lab before the pandemic.

Federal officials also are seeking to block future funding to EcoHealth Alliance, which worked with the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, citing new evidence about EcoHealths actions that emerged ahead of a contentious congressional hearing this month.

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