ANALYSIS: NIH Leadership Was Deeply Anxious About Wuhan Lab Funding, New Emails Reveal

Top health officials also discussed how to “put down this very destructive conspiracy”

Then-NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins listens during a Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services Subcommittee hearing looking into the budget estimates for National Institute of Health (NIH) and state of medical research on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 26, 2021. Sarah Silbiger/Pool/Getty Images

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New National Institutes of Health (NIH) emails released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reveal the stark contrast between the public and private views of top NIH officials on the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.