{"id":1976716,"date":"2023-07-18T20:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T00:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cuts-off-funding-to-wuhan-institute-of-virology-linked-to-covid-19-outbreak-report\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T20:27:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T00:27:44","slug":"biden-cuts-off-funding-to-wuhan-institute-of-virology-linked-to-covid-19-outbreak-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cuts-off-funding-to-wuhan-institute-of-virology-linked-to-covid-19-outbreak-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden stops funding for Wuhan Institute of Virology tied to COVID-19: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-cuts-off-funding-to-wuhan-institute-of-virology-linked-to-covid-19-outbreak-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u2063Biden Administration\u200b Blocks Funding \u2062for\u2064 Wuhan \u200cInstitute \u2064of Virology<\/h2>\n<p>The\u200d Biden\u2063 administration has taken decisive action\u200d to \u200dpermanently \u200dblock\u2063 China&#8217;s\u2062 Wuhan\u200d Institute \u2062of Virology from\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-poop-testing-startup-charged-with-fraud-likened-to-theranos\/\" title=\"San Francisco Poop-Testing Startup Charged With Fraud, Likened To Theranos\">receiving funding<\/a> from\u2062 the \u2064U.S. government. \u200dThis comes \u200bafter \u2063a\u200d thorough\u200c review found the facility\u200b to be non-compliant \u200dwith \u200bfederal \u200bregulations.<\/p>\n<p>According \u2062to\u200d a report from Bloomberg, the \u2062United States\u200b notified the institute of \u2064the decision \u2063to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-wont-say-whether-biden-has-a-position-on-gain-of-function-research\/\" title=\"Psaki Won\u2019t Say Whether Biden Has A Position On Gain-Of-Function Research\">suspend funding<\/a> \u200bon\u2064 Monday. In \u200ba memo,\u200b plans\u2064 were\u200c outlined to \u200bprevent the\u200b institute from receiving \u2064any\u200c potential future \u200bsupport.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy Surrounding the \u200cInstitute<\/h3>\n<p>The \u200dWuhan Institute\u2063 of Virology, located\u2063 in \u200cthe city where the\u2062 COVID-19 outbreak began \u2063in China, had previously\u2062 received\u200d funding from\u2064 the National Institutes of\u2063 Health\u2063 for gain-of-function research\u2063 on novel \u2064coronaviruses. Some speculate \u2063that it\u2063 could\u2062 be the origin of the COVID-19 \u200cpandemic, although no definitive determination has been made \u2063by\u200d any governing \u200bbody.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2062June, President Joe\u200c Biden authorized the release\u2064 of\u2063 a declassified \u2062report that \u2063highlighted\u200c the lack \u2064of consensus \u200bamong \u200dU.S. intelligence agencies regarding the origin of \u200cCOVID-19.\u200d The\u2064 report acknowledged\u2062 that both \u200da natural and laboratory-associated origin\u200b remain plausible hypotheses.<\/p>\n<p>However, the report did\u2062 note\u2062 that\u200d multiple scientists\u200c working\u2064 at the\u2064 Wuhan \u200cInstitute\u200c of Virology fell ill \u200cin the fall of 2019 and\u2064 that\u200c the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cuts-off-funding-to-wuhan-institute-of-virology-linked-to-covid-19-outbreak-report\/\" title=\"Biden stops funding for Wuhan Institute of Virology tied to COVID-19: Report\">institute frequently disregarded\u2063 safety protocols<\/a>.\u200b Researcher Ben\u200c Hu, \u200cwho \u2062studied coronaviruses in\u2064 programs funded by\u2064 the\u2063 U.S., was\u2063 among\u2062 the\u2064 first scientists\u2062 to\u2064 experience symptoms.<\/p>\n<h3>Blocking Funding for \u200bSafety<\/h3>\n<p>The \u2064White House has \u200cnot \u2064provided a comment on the \u200dmatter, but a \u2063spokesperson from\u2063 the Department of Health\u200b and \u200dHuman Services stated that &#8220;this action \u2062will\u2063 ensure the\u2064 Wuhan Institute of \u2062Virology does \u2062not receive another dollar \u200dof federal\u200d funding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is a\u2062 developing story,\u2063 and \u200cwe \u2062will provide updates \u200bas more information \u200dbecomes\u2063 available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US government has permanently halted funding to China&#8217;s Wuhan Institute of Virology due to non-compliance with federal regulations. 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