This new executive order specifically targets research that could potentially lead to pandemics, such as experiments modifying viruses to make them more infectious to humans. According to the White House, the move aims to improve the safety and oversight of biological research globally and is a direct response to concerns over lab-related incidents, including those believed to be linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The order halts both current and future U.S. funding for gain-of-function research in countries that lack adequate research oversight. It also gives U.S. research agencies new authority to evaluate and terminate federal funding for any biological studies that may threaten public health, safety, or national security. The Trump administration has particularly cited previous lapses in regulation and transparency, emphasizing that past policies have failed to address the societal risks of manipulating pathogens in laboratory settings.
To read how the U.S. National Institutes of Health has admitted to Congress that, in the months and years before the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. taxpayers funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, see this news story on our website.
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning all federal funding for “dangerous” gain-of-function research in China, Iran and other countries, and blocking all federal funding for foreign research that could cause another pandemic.
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This new executive order specifically targets research that could potentially lead to pandemics, such as experiments modifying viruses to make them more infectious to humans. According to the White House, the move aims to improve the safety and oversight of biological research globally and is a direct response to concerns over lab-related incidents, including those believed to be linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The order halts both current and future U.S. funding for gain-of-function research in countries that lack adequate research oversight. It also gives U.S. research agencies new authority to evaluate and terminate federal funding for any biological studies that may threaten public health, safety, or national security. The Trump administration has particularly cited previous lapses in regulation and transparency, emphasizing that past policies have failed to address the societal risks of manipulating pathogens in laboratory settings.
To read how the U.S. National Institutes of Health has admitted to Congress that, in the months and years before the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. taxpayers funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, see this news story on our website.
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