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Contemporaneous coverage across the spectrum, plus later retrospectives and fact-checks. Previews are fetched from the publisher page where available; each card links out to the original.
Biosafety Expert Explains Why Fauci’s NIH ‘Gain-of-Function’ Testimony Was ‘Demonstrably False’ | National Review
‘At least some of the NIH-funded research conducted at the WIV ‘unequivocally’ qualifies as gain-of-function,’ Ebright told NR.
The Wuhan Lab and the Gain-of-Function Disagreement - FactCheck.org
A disagreement between Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci has put $600,000 of U.S. grant money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology back into the spotlight, while making "gain-of-function" research a household term -- all amid calls for more investigation into the origins of SARS-CoV-2.
A flu virus risk worth taking — Fauci, Nabel & Collins (Washington Post op-ed)
The Dec 30 2011 op-ed itself, all three authors bylined
A flu virus risk worth taking
A deadly influenza virus has circulated widely in birds in recent years, decimating flocks but rarely spreading to humans. Nonetheless, because of its persistence in bird flocks, this highly...
At a time when the U.S. needed Covid-19 dialogue between scientists, Francis Collins moved to shut it down
Had Collins, a man who has contributed greatly to science, chose dialogue instead of contributing to animosity and combativeness, we might have been in a better place today.
How Much Herd Immunity Is Enough?
Scientists initially estimated that 60 to 70 percent of the population needed to acquire resistance to the coronavirus to banish it. Now Dr. Anthony Fauci and others are quietly shifting that number upward.
"He's dead wrong": Dr. Fauci clashes with Senator Rand Paul about wearing masks after vaccination
Fauci and Paul faced off in a Senate COVID hearing about whether it's "theater" to keep wearing a mask after being vaccinated.
Fauci to step down after decades as top US infection expert
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is leaving the federal government in December.
Sen. Rand Paul files criminal referral over Fauci, COVID origins
Sen. Rand Paul’s public feud with Dr. Fauci, the former chief medical advisor to the president, continues as he points to an unredacted 2020 email.
At the NIH, a Scandal Grows Around an Official’s Evasion of Public Records Law
After a top aide to Anthony Fauci was grilled by Congress, questions emerge as to whether others may have sought to avoid transparency around the Covid epidemic.
Sen. Paul subpoenas 14 agencies over Covid origin (POLITICO)
Jan 27 2025 item on the 14-agency subpoenas
Anthony Fauci may be deposed as GOP intensifies COVID investigations in new Congress
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., issued subpoenas to 14 agencies from the outgoing Biden administration in his effort to continue investigating the origins of the COVID pandemic and taxpayer-funded gain-of-function research.
Fauci told email recipients to delete them after reading: Rand Paul (NewsNation)
Sept 10 2025 news account of the letter
Rand Paul vows to keep pressure on Fauci as statute of limitations on criminal referral expires Monday
Sen. Rand Paul urges the DOJ to indict Dr. Fauci before the statute of limitations expires on his criminal referral for lying about gain-of-function.
Rand Paul pushes for Fauci indictment before statute of limitations expires
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday called for Anthony Fauci, former longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to be indicted for what the senator claimed was hi…
Fauci, Rand Paul get in shouting match over Wuhan lab research
GOP Sen. Rand Paul stepped up his feud with Dr. Anthony Fauci at a Senate hearing Tuesday, suggesting Fauci has lied to Congress and setting off an angry shouting match.
Dr. Fauci says GOP Sen. Paul's false accusations have sparked death threats (NPR)
Jan. 11, 2022 hearing coverage: 'kindles the crazies,' 'Fire Dr. Fauci' printout
Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members
With just hours left of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House Jan. 6 committee.
Rand Paul releases Anthony Fauci's pandemic-era diary notes (NPR)
Includes scientist cautions on early-uncertainty readings
Fauci diaries, released by Sen. Rand Paul, touch on COVID origins and tense relationship with Trump
Republican Sen. Rand Paul released more than a thousand pages of journal entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci, teeing up what is likely to be a contentious hearing on Wednesday.
Ex-adviser at Fauci's NIAID indicted for allegedly attempting to hide records during COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. David Morens worked as a senior adviser to NIAID's Office of the Director from 2006 through 2022.
Fauci denies seeking to suppress COVID-19 lab leak origin theory
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testified before a House subcommittee hearing.
Birx describes a White House divided on COVID response
Dr. Deborah Birx says the lack of clear, concise and consistent message in the earliest months of its spread resulted in inaction across the federal government.
Walensky: CDC 'Did Not Reliably Meet Expectations' on COVID-19 (U.S. News/AP)
Aug. 17, 2022 'CDC Moving Forward' announcement