Donald Trump halted the research in 2020 after criticism arose about the origins of COVID-19.
to discover what increases its transmissibility. The research aids in preventing pandemics, allowing scientists to anticipate a response before a pandemic emerges, such as developing vaccines.'s administration in 2014 and continued for part of Trump's administration until the pandemic hit in 2020, when Trump pressured the NIH to halt the grant.
Former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks during a daily press briefing at the White House in Washington in 2022. A grant funded by the NIH under Fauci has been reinstated as long as the research follows strict requirements., in which politicians criticized oversight of the grant and alleged the organization's involvement in the pandemic.
"The batty taxpayer-funded grant that bankrolled EcoHealth Alliance's dangerous animal experiments in Wuhan that probably prompted the pandemic should be de-funded, not re-funded," the organization's senior vice president, Justin Goodman, toldThree years later, EcoHealth Alliance will resume its research after agreeing to meet strict requirements, supplemented by $2.9 million in grant funds from the NIH.
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