HHS suspends funding for EcoHealth Alliance virus research group that funded gain of function research in Wuhan
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is suspending all funds and grants allocated to the controversial firm EcoHealth Alliance with immediate effect, and its transgressions are so serious the agency has also proposed a formal debarment.
The virus research group used taxpayer funds to carry out banned gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is widely believed to be the source of the COVID-19 virus, before the pandemic broke out. The decision was based on evidence that was included in a staff-level report about EcoHealth Alliance from the House COVID Subcommittee.
HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisitions Katrina Brisbon wrote in a letter that they had “adequate evidence” supporting the move, adding that “immediate…
