Trump's new executive order targets gain-of-function research, citing unsupported 'lab leak' theory

President Donald Trump is continuing to promote the unsupported “lab leak” COVID-19 theory, using it now to rationalize a new executive order designed to prohibit federal funding of certain research on pathogens abroad and severely limit such research in the U.S.

May 8, 2025 - 23:17
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Trump's new executive order targets gain-of-function research, citing unsupported 'lab leak' theory
President Donald Trump is continuing to promote the unsupported “lab leak” COVID-19 theory, using it now to rationalize a new executive order designed to prohibit federal funding of certain research on pathogens abroad and severely limit such research in the U.S.