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.

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.

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 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 ...

GOP lawmakers demand answers from CIA Director Burns after a whistleblower's claim of analysts being paid to change their COVID-19 origin stance from lab leak to "unable to determine." ...

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 ...