{"id":2250629,"date":"2024-05-22T17:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T21:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-blocks-prez-of-group-tied-to-wuhan-lab-from-receiving-federal-funds\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T17:39:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T21:39:48","slug":"hhs-blocks-prez-of-group-tied-to-wuhan-lab-from-receiving-federal-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-blocks-prez-of-group-tied-to-wuhan-lab-from-receiving-federal-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"HHS Stops Group Linked to Wuhan Lab from Getting Federal Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-blocks-prez-of-group-tied-to-wuhan-lab-from-receiving-federal-funds%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=2250629&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 \u200dDepartment of Health\u200c and Human Services (HHS) has suspended EcoHealth Alliance President\u2063 Peter Daszak\u2064 from receiving taxpayer-funded projects. \u2063The \u2062disclosure, through a letter from the House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus\u200b Pandemic, cites concerns about ties \u200dto the Wuhan \u2062lab and lack \u2063of\u2063 cooperation with federal investigations. The \u2062suspension may become permanent due\u2064 to unresolved issues related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-this-study-shift-the-covid-19-narrative-about-when-the-virus-was-in-the-us\/\" title=\"Does This Study Shift the Covid-19 Narrative About When the Virus Was in the US?\">viral activity<\/a> \u2064increases.  <\/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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/health-and-human-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health and Human Services<\/a> (HHS) has blocked EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak from being eligible for taxpayer-funded research projects. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HHS-SUSP4D-Notice-of-Dr.-Peter-Daszak_05.21.2024_Redacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> made public on Wednesday by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, the HHS informed Daszak that the agency has suspended him from being eligible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-in-2023-onlyfans-star-hollywood-daughter-says-breast-implants-will-save-my-life-from-vaping\/\" title=\"2023: OnlyFans Star and Hollywood Daughter Claims Breast Implants Will Rescue Her from Vaping\">government grant money<\/a> and is moving to make the suspension permanent. The letter comes after Daszak\u2019s organization has come under fire for its ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, from which COVID is suspected by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-tax-fueled-spending-spree\/\" title=\"Joe Biden\u2019s Tax-Fueled Spending Spree\">multiple federal agencies<\/a> to have leaked. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A separate <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HHS-SUSP4D-ARM-of-Dr.-Peter-Daszak_05.21.2024_Redacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">document<\/a> from the HHS says that Daszak was not forthcoming with federal investigators in providing information on its work with the Wuhan Institute of Virology and in demonstrating that the EcoHealth Alliance had not violated the terms of its federal grant. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Specifically, HHS said that neither the EcoHealth Alliance nor the Wuhan lab disproved allegations that an experiment at the lab yielded an unapproved increase in viral activity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI also find that the information in the record constitutes adequate evidence to demonstrate that the suspension and proposed debarment of Dr. Peter Daszak is necessary due to a cause of so serious or compelling a nature that it affects his present responsibility,\u201d the document, written by an unidentified, HHS official said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The suspension of Daszak began on Tuesday and will continue as the NIH moves to formally debar the scientist. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1713635892817000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3lXMk_jhNQC8Fngje8e8XV\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak\u2019s personal debarment will ensure he never again receives a single cent from U.S. taxpayers nor has the opportunity to start a new, untrustworthy organization,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/breaking-hhs-to-debar-dr-peter-daszak-president-of-ecohealth-alliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup. This step comes just two weeks after the Select Subcommittee released substantial evidence of Dr. Daszak\u2019s contempt for the American people, his flagrant disregard for the risks associated with gain-of-function research, and his willful violation of the terms of his NIH grant.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The proposed block on Daszak comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hhs-moves-to-defund-ecohealth-alliance-says-action-needed-to-protect-the-public-interest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news broke<\/a> that the HHS would be suspending funding to the EcoHealth Alliance and moving to permanently bar the organization from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-to-introduce-bill-to-ban-private-businesses-from-requiring-proof-of-covid-19-vaccination\/\" title=\"GOP Lawmaker To Introduce Bill To Ban Private Businesses From Requiring Proof Of COVID-19 Vaccination\">receiving federal funds<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDr. Daszak\u2019s impending debarment does not shield him from accountability to the American people. It appears that Dr. Daszak may have lied under oath about his relationship with the Wuhan Institute of Virology and his compliance with NIH grant procedures,\u201d Wenstrup added. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HHS has barred EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak from taxpayer-funded research projects. 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