Friday, January 31, 2025

ICYMI: HHS Bans EcoHealth Alliance and Group’s Ex-Prez from Receiving Federal Funding for 5 Years After Wuhan Virus Experiments; Group Involved in Wuhan Virus Studies Debarred by US Health Dept, and other C-Virus related stories

HHS bans EcoHealth Alliance and group’s ex-prez from receiving federal funding for 5 years after Wuhan virus experiments
The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday barred EcoHealth Alliance and the group’s former president, Peter Daszak, from receiving federal funding for five years after they failed to report potentially dangerous gain-of-function research experiments to the government.
HHS determined that a five-year period of debarment for the Manhattan-based nonprofit and Daszak was “necessary to protect the Federal Government’s business interests,” according to a letter sent to both parties by the government agency.
The House Oversight Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic had been investigating the novel bat virus research that EcoHealth Alliance and Daszak conducted out of China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology leading up to the COVID-19 outbreak.
The panel uncovered evidence last year indicating that EcoHealth Alliance and Daszak “willingly” and “repeatedly” violated multiple requirements of a multimillion-dollar National Institutes of Health grant for the controversial project.
“Justice for the American people was served today,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said in a statement after releasing HHS’ debarment notices.
“Bad actor EcoHealth Alliance and its corrupt former President, Dr. Peter Daszak, were formally debarred by HHS for using taxpayer funds to facilitate dangerous gain-of-function research in China,” Comer continued. “Today’s decision is not only a victory for the U.S. taxpayer, but also for American national security and the safety of citizens worldwide.”
The select subcommittee on the pandemic recommended debarment last May after finding that EcoHealth Alliance “routinely ignored government oversight requests, failed to report dangerous gain-of-function experiments conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and produced a required research report two years late.” --->READ MORE HERE
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Group Involved in Wuhan Virus Studies Debarred by US Health Dept
The US Department of Health and Human Services has cut off all funding and formally debarred EcoHealth Alliance Inc. and its former president, Peter Daszak, for five years following scrutiny over its involvement in virus research in Wuhan, China, ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The department made its decision based on evidence uncovered by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said on its website Friday.
EcoHealth and Daszak had facilitated so-called gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China, without proper oversight and violated requirements of its multimillion-dollar National Institutes of Health grant, the committee said.
James Comer, chairman of the committee, said the decision was a “victory for the US taxpayer,” adding that EcoHealth had continually ignored government oversight requests and failed to report gain-of-function experiments conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. --->READ MORE HERE
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