Foreign Aid, International Development, Globalization, Global Disintegration, Types of News: Analysis
A Critical Look At US Funds For Risky Science Abroad
Former CDC Director Calls for Reinstatement Of Obama-Era Ban On Gain-Of-Function Experiments
April 10, 2023—As a House Oversight Subcommittee investigates the origins of the deadly COVID-19 virus that killed millions of people around the world, new details about the role of global collaboration in science come to light.
Today, the Washington Post published a groundbreaking and extensive report on how U.S. government agencies fund high-stakes research on unknown pathogens around the world. Specifically, since 2012, U.S. agencies spent billions of dollars on research of pathogens in at least 78 countries. And though the research includes dangerous virus hunting, safety standards and regulations have not kept pace with the experiments. Furthermore, according to the Post report by David ...