The governor touted t a 70% 3rd-grade reading proficiency in 2015 State of the State. But that rate dropped to 44% in the state and 10% in Flint.

The U.S. agency’s revised assessment of how the pandemic started is based on new intelligence.

A 2020 call appears to have played a key role in shaping views of scientists who contributed to shutting down talk of whether a lab leak caused COVID.

A 2020 call appears to have played a key role in shaping views of scientists who contributed to shutting down talk of whether a lab leak caused COVID.

Internal Meta emails say pressure from Washington was behind a decision to take down posts attributing the pandemic to a man-made virus.

Reports indicate UNC researchers were potentially exposed to lab-created coronaviruses in several incidents since 2015. These incidents highlight the risks even in the most secure and respected...

The identification of the researchers linked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology is fueling suspicion for proponents of the lab-leak theory.

Spillover or lab leak? The answer matters, but a new House subcommittee should leave this mystery to the experts.

Zhang Zhan began an intermittent hunger strike after her arrest in May 2020. Rights groups say she has been force-fed and kept in restraints.

I have reported on safety lapses at elite U.S. labs. There is no reason to believe they aren’t happening at labs in other countries as well.

New book reveals lax oversight and efforts to avoid reporting an accident involving a controversial flu virus at a University of Wisconsin lab.

A sample taken in a Wuhan market in early 2020 holds genetic traces of both the coronavirus and a small canid known as a raccoon dog, scientists report

An investigation into the California warehouse revealed hundreds of bioengineered mice, infectious agents and medical waste, officials said.

Scientists, just like the rest of us, are prone to groupthink.

Under government pressure, Chinese scientists have retracted studies and withheld or deleted data. The censorship has stymied efforts to understand the virus.

Stewart said he was stunned by the "anger" he faced for supporting the lab leak theory.

From Professor Anton van der Merwe, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon and CNN’s chief medial correspondent, is my guest on this week's episode of The Interview. Gupta has been a guide for many throughout the Covid-19 crisis. His regular...

The World Health Organization is recommending in its strongest terms yet that a deeper probe is required into whether a lab accident may be to blame for the COVID-19 pandemic.

A task force modeled on the 9/11 Commission would investigate the origins of the virus as well as the official U.S. response to pandemic.

The measure targets studies like those by UW-Madison scientist Yoshihiro Kawaoka involving bird flu and ferrets.

Nearly 1,000 mice were found alongside improperly stored disease samples, and human blood and tissue, in a warehouse equipped with research equipment.

Named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2023 A ‘remarkable book.’ – The New York TimesThis fearless, deeply reported book ab...

The unusual timing of a bat coronavirus grant report suggests that an earlier version may have been revised.

Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think.

A 2020 call appears to have played a key role in shaping views of scientists who contributed to shutting down talk of whether a lab leak caused COVID.

Agents found COVID-19, other contagious viruses, but no evidence that the lab was “producing” coronavirus or bioengineering mice.

Americans pay far too much to force agencies like the NIH to be transparent. Holding them accountable through litigation remains hard, but important work.

For years, hospitals have ignored childbirth safety practices shown to save mothers' lives. A proposal would for the first time require them to act.

A series of previously unreported alarms and clashes over US-funded research in China reveal long-standing friction between two groups of government scientists: those who prioritize international...

“Viable”. That was the word chosen by 18 senior scientists last week to describe the idea that the Covid-19 virus didn’t jump from an animal to a human in Wuhan’s wet markets but somehow escaped from…

The conservative Heritage Foundation filed the lawsuit last week alleging that the CIA has failed to produce documents requested under a FOIA request.

Biological facilities in the US and around the world suffer breaches, including of potentially pandemic-causing pathogens, but are shrouded in secrecy

The bill requires the declassification of information about possible links between the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

US agencies cannot agree on how the pandemic started, with the scientific community bitterly divided.

New paper led by King’s academic warns such research could have irreversible consequences for the planet, wildlife and human communities.

A 2020 call appears to have played a key role in shaping views of scientists who contributed to shutting down talk of whether a lab leak caused COVID.

The “lab leak” conjectures about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic have cast a shadow over pathogen research amid broader calls for more government oversight.

United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

Scientists criticized Robert Redfield's unsupported assertions. They say human error can never be ruled out but there are likelier virus origins.

Investigation reveals hundreds of accidents, safety violations and near misses put people at risk