‘Obvious Dangers’: Gabbard Probing US Funding to International Biolaboratories

‘The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the catastrophic global impact research on dangerous pathogens in biolabs can have,’ the director of national intelligence said.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in Washington on April 10, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and other intelligence officials are investigating U.S. funding to overseas laboratories handling biological research.

Initial searches of intelligence files showed that the U.S. government has provided money to more than 120 biolaboratories in more than 30 countries, a spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence told The Epoch Times in an email on May 12.