Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on the World Health Organization to fully investigate the possibility that the COVID-19 virus accidentally escaped from a lab in Wuhan, revealing new U.S. intelligence that he says raises troubling questions. Pompeo issued the public call on Friday...
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WHO scientists arrive in Wuhan to investigate coronavirus pandemic origins
A World Health Organization team has started its investigation into the origins of the coronavirus in China despite concerns that the Beijing government might try to block any embarrassing findings. Thirteen scientists arrived in Wuhan, China, on Thursday, following months of discussions with President Xi...
WHO scientists finally arrive in Wuhan to investigate origins of Covid
A team of WHO experts arrived in Wuhan today on a politically-charged mission to investigate the origins of the coronavirus – but two scientists were held up in Singapore amid fears that China will try to obstruct the probe to prevent embarrassing discoveries. The 13 scientists, who will...
WHO investigation into Chinese origins of coronavirus may not include Wuhan visit
World Health Organization experts will begin their investigation in China into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, but it is unclear if they will visit Wuhan, where the virus was first detected. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said China approved the visit following discussions with the...
Understanding origins of Arizona’s Sunset Crater eruption of 1,000 years ago
Around 1085 AD, along the southern rim of Northern Arizona’s elevated Colorado Plateau, a volcano erupted, forever changing ancient Puebloan fortunes and all nearby life. Today, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration scientist Amanda Clarke and her team have been working to solve the...
China agrees to let in WHO team investigating Covid origins
A World Health Organization team of international experts tasked with investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic will arrive in China on 14 January, China’s national health authority has said. The team was initially aiming to enter China in early January but China blocked their...
WHO experts to arrive in China for virus origins probe
BEIJING — China said Monday that a group of experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive this week for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. A one-sentence announcement from the National Health Commission said the experts would arrive on...
China denies entry to team of WHO experts due to investigate the origins of Covid-19
China has denied entry to a team of World Health Organisation (WHO) experts who were due to arrive in the country to investigate the origins of the coronavirus. The news comes amid growing suspicions of a cover-up in the country where Covid-19 is believed to have...
China clamping down on research into origins of COVID-19 pandemic
Nearly a year to the day when the first COVID-19 cases were reported in China, Beijing is clamping down on research into the pandemic’s origins, while actively promoting fringe theories that it could have originated outside the country. The government is distributing grant money to scientists —...