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The US health secretary has urged the World Health Organization to ensure the next phase of investigation into Covid-19 s origins is transparent .
Speaking to a ministerial-level WHO meeting, Xavier Becerra said international experts should be allowed to evaluate the source of coronavirus.
US media reports suggest growing evidence the virus could have emerged from a laboratory in China.
Covid-19 was first detected in 2019 in Wuhan, in central Hubei province.
Since then, more than 167 million cases and 3.4 million deaths have been reported worldwide.
In March this year, the WHO issued a report written jointly with Chinese scientists on the origins of Covid-19, saying the chances of it having started in a lab were extremely unlikely . The WHO acknowledged further study was needed.
Itâs no surprise that most of the companies behind the most effective COVID-19 vaccines are American.
Over the last four decades, the United States has provided uniquely fertile ground for trailblazing biotech companies like Pfizer and Moderna. In less than a year, the two companies produced COVID-19 vaccines with an extraordinary efficacy rate of 95%.
Americaâs knack for spawning revolutionary enterprises stems, in large part, from a single piece of legislation: The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980.
The law allowed universities and nonprofits to retain the patents on discoveries made with federal funding. In exchange for royalties, universities can then license those patents to businesses, which take big risks in commercializing those ideas. This public-private collaboration has spawned thousands of startups.