US EditionFDA chief says NIH ‘brewed up a virus that killed 20 million people’
UNITED STATES, JUL 31 – FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary revealed NIH funding linked to Wuhan lab research amid bipartisan acceptance of the lab-leak theory and calls for greater transparency.
- FDA Commissioner Marty Makary reignited controversy on April 22, 2025, by accusing the NIH of funding a lab that brewed a virus killing 20 million people worldwide.
- Makary's statement follows growing bipartisan support for the lab-leak theory, backed by acknowledgments from the Department of Energy and FBI that a lab origin is plausible.
- His remarks stressed urgent questions about NIH oversight, the role of U.S. funding in risky gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the need for transparency.
- Makary asserted that the NIH supported a laboratory responsible for creating a virus that resulted in the deaths of 20 million individuals globally, emphasizing the magnitude of the loss and calling for accountability.
- This claim may pressure lawmakers to launch new investigations and intensify calls for reform in how U.S. agencies fund and oversee foreign scientific research.
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