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

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 assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China, rather than occurring naturally, according to a statement from the agency Saturday, ...

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

The virus that started the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a lab in China, the CIA said in a new assessment, though it has no conclusive evidence.

at a Wuhan market. Republican Senator Tom Cotton, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, hailed the CIA’s conclusion as vindication for lab-leak advocates. "Now, the most important thing ...

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 CIA on Saturday offered a new assessment on the origin of the Covid outbreak, saying the coronavirus is "more likely" to ...

The analysis includes a closer look at high-security labs in Wuhan, China. Ratcliffe, a proponent of the lab leak theory, emphasized the importance of the CIA's involvement in the discussion ...

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

The report was declassified and released on Saturday on the orders of President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency, John ...