The move comes after the Times revealed administration's ending of key research
criticism from Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who has promised to restore the program if he is elected. The Trump administration has since also revived the efforts through a $100-million successor program, called Stop Spillover, which is set to begin later this fall.Among the first round of the NIH research grant recipients is EcoHealth Alliance, a global nonprofit that played a central role in PREDICT.
Over the course of a decade, the PREDICT program identified 1,200 different viruses that had the potential to achieve global spread, including more than 160 novel coronaviruses. It also supported researchers in laboratories around the world, including one in Wuhan, China.
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