Republicans Demand Agencies Terminate Grant Funding to EcoHealth

Republicans Demand Agencies Terminate Grant Funding to EcoHealth
Peter Daszak speaks to media upon arriving at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
Hannah Ng
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A group of Republican lawmakers has sent letters to the National Institute of Health (NIH) (pdf) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) (pdf) requesting them to halt federal funding to EcoHealth Alliance, an organization that provided finance to Wuhan Lab.

The bicameral effort led by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) came following September reports that nearly $3 million of federal funds had continued flowing into the New York-based nonprofit group, the largest sum the organization has received from the NIH in a single year.

Hannah Ng
Hannah Ng
Reporter
Hannah Ng is a reporter covering U.S. and China news. She holds a master's degree in international and development economics from the University of Applied Science Berlin.
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