US Department of Health and Human Services suspends funding and proposes debarment of EcoHealth Alliance, accused of misrepresenting work with Wuhan virologists.
The US Department of Health and Human Services has suspended funding and proposed a formal debarment of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit group that collaborated with Chinese scientists. The decision follows a congressional hearing in which EcoHealth Alliance's president, Peter Daszak, faced accusations of misrepresenting work with virologists in Wuhan, China, where the pandemic began. EcoHealth relied on federal funding to study the threat of wild animal viruses.
May 15, 2024
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