The problem for the lab-leak position is that the U.S. has never had access to the Wuhan lab and has thus been unable to ...

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory.

DRASTIC, a group of internet users with no expertise in virology, has been pushing their hypothesis of a research accident in ...

On January 25, 2025, however, the CIA revised its previous assessment, announcing that it now favored a laboratory-associated ...

The CIA now assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China, rather than ...

The agency had for years said it could not conclude whether COVID-19 was the result of a lab incident or it originated in ...

The US spy agency points the finger at China while acknowledging it has "low confidence" in its own conclusion, which is based on fresh analysis of intelligence about the spread of the virus.

The agency had for years said it could not conclude whether COVID-19 was the result of a lab incident or it originated in nature. The CIA says it has "low confidence" in its assessment that a ...

The “CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the Covid-19 pandemic remain plausible,” the statement said. A U.S. official granted anonymity to share ...

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. Under ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The CIA has concluded that Covid-19 probably began as a leak from a laboratory in China in a new assessment ...