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Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said it is “very concerning” that the federal infectious disease research organization led by Dr. Anthony Fauci bypassed federal oversight of a grant that funded a lab in Wuhan, China to genetically modify bat-based coronaviruses. Infectious disease experts say the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) grant with the nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance, which involved the transfer of $600,000 to the Wuhan Institute of...

Fauci Must Explain Why Oversight Bypassed for Funding to Wuhan Lab, Congressman Says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the federal coronavirus response on Capitol Hill March 18, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Susan Walsh-Pool/Getty Images) Rep. Scott Perry, R-Penn., said it is “very concerning” that the federal infectious disease research organizati...