HHS has immediately suspended all federal funding for EcoHealth Alliance and is beginning the debarment process, more permanently preventing federal funding.
. The organization came under intense scrutiny during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic for its coronavirus research projects conducted into EcoHealth President Peter Daszak that the immediate suspension of funding for his organization is “necessary to protect the public interest and due to a cause of so serious or compelling nature that it affects present responsibility.
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.
“These actions are wholly abhorrent, indefensible, and must be addressed with swift action. EcoHealth’s 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,” said Wenstrup.
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