On his way out, former CIA Director William Burns had called on the agency to take a stance on COVID-19’s origins instead of staying neutral, sources told the Wall Street Journal.

CIA now says Covid-19 is more likely to have originated from a lab leak. The intelligence agency has said for years it couldn’t say with certainty where the pandemic originated from.

The CIA offered to pay off analysts in order to bury their findings that COVID-19 most likely leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China, new whistleblower testimony to Congress alleges.

The CIA says it has "low confidence" in its assessment that a "research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely" and notes in its statement that both scenarios – lab origin and ...

The CIA confirms they are "looking into" accusations that several members of an agency team tasked with COVID-19 pandemic analysis were paid off "significant" hush money.

The CIA has changed its assessment on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, now favoring the lab leak theory. But some worry this could be an indication of politicization.

News. CIA now says COVID-19 ‘more likely’ to have come from lab than nature The agency had for years said it could not conclude whether COVID-19 was the result of a lab incident or it ...

The CIA now assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China, rather than occurring naturally, according to a statement from the agency Saturday ...

China on Monday dismissed the possibility that the virus that caused COVID-19 leaked from a lab, after the CIA said it now ...

The CIA said Saturday that it now favors a Chinese laboratory leak as the mostly likely origin of the coronavirus pandemic, the latest development in the still-simmering debate over the virus and ...

CIA says COVID-19 more likely to have come from lab than nature. By Erin Banco. January 27, 2025 4:31 PM UTC Updated January 27, 2025 Item 1 of 2 An epidemic-prevention worker in ...