{"id":2245112,"date":"2024-05-15T13:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T17:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-suspends-funding-from-organization-that-funded-wuhan-virus-research\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T13:07:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T17:07:02","slug":"hhs-suspends-funding-from-organization-that-funded-wuhan-virus-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-suspends-funding-from-organization-that-funded-wuhan-virus-research\/","title":{"rendered":"HHS halts funding for group behind Wuhan virus study"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fhhs-suspends-funding-from-organization-that-funded-wuhan-virus-research%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=2245112&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--><p>The Department of\u200d Health and Human Services suspended federal\u200d funding for EcoHealth Alliance, accusing them of misleading \u200babout taxpayer-funded \u200dresearch on SARS-CoV-2\u200d in Wuhan, \u200cChina. EcoHealth&#8217;s president, Peter Daszak, faced calls for a criminal investigation. Republicans urge\u200c cutting off U.S. funding to EcoHealth and \u2063Daszak, emphasizing the need to protect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-latest-drug-pricing-moves\/\" title=\"What You Need To Know About Trump\u2019s Latest Drug Pricing Moves\">public interest<\/a>. The\u2062 Department of Health and Human Services has \u200dsuspended federal funding \u200cfor EcoHealth \u200bAlliance, alleging deception regarding taxpayer-funded\u2064 research\u2062 on SARS-CoV-2 in \u2063Wuhan, China. Peter Daszak, the\u2064 president of EcoHealth, \u200dis under scrutiny and \u2063facing demands\u2064 for a criminal probe. Republicans\u2063 are advocating for the termination of U.S. funding\u2064 to \u200cEcoHealth and Daszak to safeguard\u2063 public interest.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hhs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Department of Health and Human Services\">Department of Health and Human Services<\/a> on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tab-1-EHA-SUSP4D-Notice_5.15.2024_signed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"suspended\">suspended<\/a> all federal funding for the nonprofit research organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/2985416\/peter-daszak-testifying-ecohealth-alliance-covid-origins-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"suspended\">EcoHealth Alliance<\/a> for misleading government agencies about their taxpayer-funded research project. <\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows a long-term House investigation into EcoHealth\u2019s potential involvement in the origin of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"SARS-CoV-2\">SARS-CoV-2<\/a>. The organization came under intense scrutiny during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic for its coronavirus research projects conducted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wuhan-lab\/\">Wuhan, China<\/a>, funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nih\/\">National Institutes of Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>HHS\u2019s Suspension and Debarment Official, Henrietta Brisbon, <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tab-2-EHA-SUSP4D-ARM_05.15.2024_signed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> to EcoHealth President Peter Daszak that the immediate suspension of funding for his organization is \u201cnecessary to protect the public interest and due to a cause of so serious or compelling nature that it affects [EcoHealth\u2019s] present responsibility.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Republicans on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/2986414\/house-gop-calls-criminal-investigation-head-group-funded-wuhan-virus-research\/\">report<\/a> earlier this month calling for the president of EcoHealth, Peter Daszak, to be stripped of his medical license and criminally investigated for allegedly misleading the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEcoHealth Alliance and Dr. Peter Daszak should never again receive a single penny from the U.S. taxpayer,\u201d said Subcommittee Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH). \u201cOnly two weeks after the Select Subcommittee released an extensive report detailing EcoHealth\u2019s wrongdoing and recommending the formal debarment of EcoHealth and its president, HHS has begun efforts to cut off all U.S. funding to this corrupt organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republican report and HHS documents outline that EcoHealth received National Institutes of Health funding in 2014 to conduct bat coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, with the intention of creating chimeric coronaviruses to better understand natural emergence of viruses with pandemic potential.<\/p>\n<p>Subcommittee evidence published this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-sure-to-desantis-as-possible-2024-running-mate\/\" title=\"Trump Says 'Sure' to DeSantis as Possible 2024 Running Mate\">month found<\/a> that EcoHealth submitted its Year 5 Report for National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases review two years late and violated grant terms by failing to report potentially dangerous research from the WIV to NIAID. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese actions are wholly abhorrent, indefensible, and must be addressed with swift action. EcoHealth\u2019s immediate funding suspension and future debarment is not only a victory for the U.S. taxpayer, but also for American national security and the safety of citizens worldwide,\u201d said Wenstrup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsa.gov\/policy-regulations\/policy\/acquisition-policy\/office-of-acquisition-policy\/gsa-acq-policy-integrity-workforce\/suspension-debarment-and-agency-protests\/suspension-debarment-faq\">Suspension and debarment<\/a>, which is the long-term prohibition of receiving of federal funds, is a primary public mechanism that \u201cprotects the federal government from fraud waste and abuse by using a number of tools to avoid doing business with non-responsible actors,\u201d according to the U.S. General Services Administration definition. <\/p>\n<p>Although the suspension is immediate, a debarment period is established after a formal hearing process and is usually only three years in length depending on aggravating circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>EcoHealth has been a major recipient of federal funds for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-scientists-call-for-closer-research-ties-with-china\/\" title=\"US Scientists Call for Closer Research Ties With China\">global research projects<\/a> for decades. Last month, the watchdog group <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whitecoatwaste.org\/2024\/04\/30\/ecohealth-just-raked-in-another-4m-in-tax-money-days-before-congressional-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White Coat Waste Project\">White Coat Waste Project<\/a> found that EcoHealth had been awarded $60 million in taxpayer funding since the start of the COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>asked EcoHealth for comment. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Health and Human Services suspended federal funding for EcoHealth Alliance, accusing the organization of misleading government agencies about its taxpayer-funded research. The action follows a House investigation into EcoHealth&#8217;s possible ties to the origin of SARS-CoV-2. The organization faced scrutiny in the pandemic&#8217;s early stages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2666,"featured_media":2245113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP21034037500792.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2245112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP21034037500792.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}