WASHINGTON—House Select Subcommittee on Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is opening an investigation of official emails, text messages, and related documents about alleged efforts “at the highest levels of NIH and NIAID to avoid public transparency” about the origins of COVID-19.
The NIH is the National Institutes of Health, and the NIAID is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is part of the NIH. The coronavirus, which originated in China, has killed more than 1.2 million Americans since January 2020.