US EditionTrump to Limit U.S. Funding for Gain-of-Function Research Abroad
- On Monday, President Donald Trump issued an order that halts all federal funding for gain-of-function research conducted overseas without adequate oversight, including projects in countries such as China and Iran.
- The order comes amid concerns that U.S. Taxpayer money funded high-risk research on bat coronaviruses at a laboratory in Wuhan prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The White House stated the order aims to improve biosecurity by pausing current research, empowering agencies to identify dangerous studies, and ensuring stronger enforcement and transparency.
- The order will suspend funding for all existing and upcoming gain-of-function research without adequate oversight and authorizes the NIH and other agencies to oversee and safeguard public health and national security.
- This measure intends to reduce lab-related biosecurity risks, addressing debates over SARS-CoV-2 origins and aiming to prevent future pandemics linked to such experiments.
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Trump orders curb on virus research he blames for Covid pandemic
US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered new limitations on a form of biological research his administration says caused the Covid-19 pandemic through a lab leak in China.The United States will halt funding in certain countries for so-called "gain-of-function" experiments -- aimed at enhancing the properties of pathogens —- according to an executive order Trump signed Monday at the White House."There's no laboratory that's immune from leaks -…
BREAKING: President Trump Bans Dangerous Gain-of-Function Research
President Trump signed an executive order today to ban all federal funding to gain-of-function virus research. The order will cut off both present and future funding to gain-of-function research in countries like China and Iran. It also orders agencies like the NIH to start looking into biological research that poses threats to public health and/or national security. The White House’s Rapid Response 47 team broke down the specifics: BREAKING: @…
Trump Bans Biomedical Research in Other Countries
President Donald Trump on May 5 banned federal funding for gain-of-function research in other countries, including China, just weeks after his administration said that COVID-19 likely came from a Chinese laboratory that received U.S. funding. “It’s a big deal,” Trump said in the Oval Office while signing the executive order. “Could have been that we wouldn’t have had the problem we had if we had this done earlier.” The president’s order forbids …
Trump’s Gain-Of-Function Research Crackdown Turns Out To Be Narrower Than Expected
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday updating guidance for researchers and government agencies with the aim of stopping federal funding for foreign research that generates new pandemic-capable viruses, a less sweeping executive order than prior drafts.
Trump Bans Risky Gain of Function Virus Research Abroad in Bold New Executive Order
Trump has signed a major executive order that bans all U.S. federal funding for dangerous virus research in countries like China and Iran. The goal is to stop future pandemics by halting support for risky biological experiments overseas. Key Facts: President Trump signed the executive order Monday, banning federal funding of gain-of-function research in foreign countries. The order targets countries with weak oversight, including China and Iran…
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Denver GazetteTrump freezes funding for virus research blamed for starting COVID-19 pandemic
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday afternoon to halt federal funding for risky virus research that Republicans argue may have been the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. The order aims to stop scientists from conducting “gain-of-function” research with…
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