Lauren K. Wolf

Sep 11, 2024 | nature.com | Jeff Tollefson |Mariana Lenharo |Lauren K. Wolf

Science issues took a back seat to the economy, immigration and national security during the first — and perhaps only — debate between US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on 10 September. But US vice-president Harris and former US president Trump did make passing references to subjects such as climate change and scientific competitiveness.

Jun 4, 2024 | pressnewsagency.org | Max Kozlov |Lauren K. Wolf

Fauci Calls COVID Cover-Up Claim ‘Preposterous’ Congressional representatives grilled Anthony Fauci, former head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about the government’s early response to the COVID pandemic Capitol Hill, Washington DC Anthony Fauci, the former head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), emphatically fended off allegations at a Republican-led hearing in Washington DC today that his agency funded research that...

Jun 4, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Max Kozlov |Lauren K. Wolf

Capitol Hill, Washington DC Anthony Fauci, the former head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), emphatically fended off allegations at a Republican-led hearing in Washington DC today that his agency funded research that created the COVID-19 pandemic or that he coordinated a cover-up of the pandemic’s origins, calling the claims “simply preposterous.” The 3 June session was one of the most anticipated hearings hosted by the US House of Representatives Select...

Jun 3, 2024 | nature.com | Max Kozlov |Lauren K. Wolf

Capitol Hill, Washington DCAnthony Fauci, the former head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), emphatically fended off allegations at a Republican-led hearing in Washington DC today that his agency funded research that created the COVID-19 pandemic or that he coordinated a cover-up of the pandemic’s origins, calling the claims “simply preposterous”.

May 1, 2024 | nature.com | Mariana Lenharo |Lauren K. Wolf

Republicans in the US House of Representatives publicly grilled infectious disease specialist Peter Daszak today during a long-awaited hearing on Capitol Hill. In their questioning they suggested that Daszak and the nonprofit organisation he heads, EcoHealth Alliance in New York City, knowingly conducted dangerous research by studying coronaviruses with a virology lab in Wuhan, China, where the first COVID-19 cases were reported during the pandemic.