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Calculated Shard: 84 (from laksa199)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa084.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/us/politics/funding-ban-wuhan-institute-virology.html\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/us/politics/funding-ban-wuhan-institute-virology.html\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/18\/us\/politics\/funding-ban-wuhan-institute-virology.html","crawl_time":1769652257,"first_indexed_time":1689737780,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,nytimes!www,\/2023\/07\/18\/us\/politics\/funding-ban-wuhan-institute-virology.html s443","src_root_hash":"4566504020376537684","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Biden Administration Moves to Ban Funding for Wuhan Lab - The New York Times","meta_descriptions":["A memo said an official suspension of funding to the lab, which has not received any U.S. money since 2020, was necessary to “mitigate any potential public health risk.”"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Advertisement\nSKIP ADVERTISEMENT\nA memo said an official suspension of funding to the lab, which has not received any U.S. money since 2020, was necessary to “mitigate any potential public health risk.”\nRepublican lawmakers seeking the cause of the coronavirus pandemic have repeatedly focused their attention on the Wuhan Institute of Virology.\nCredit...\nThomas Peter\/Reuters\nJuly 18, 2023\nThe Biden administration is taking steps to impose a 10-year ban on funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the Chinese research laboratory at the center of a heated debate over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, according to\na memo\nmade public by a House subcommittee on Tuesday evening and an official familiar with the issue.\nThe memo, written by an official in the Department of Health and Human Services, said the institute had failed to comply with repeated requests from the National Institutes of Health for laboratory notebooks and other documents necessary to establish its safety practices.\nThe N.I.H.’s conclusion that the Wuhan institute “likely violated protocols of the N.I.H. regarding biosafety is undisputed,” wrote the official, whose name was redacted. The memo said that suspension of funding was necessary to “mitigate any potential public health risk,” and that there was “adequate evidence” to initiate “debarment proceedings.”\nThe institute, which has not received any federal money since 2020, now has 30 days to respond to the notice.\nThe memo was made public Tuesday by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic; its existence was first reported by\nBloomberg\n. Republicans on the House panel have repeatedly asserted that the virus was the product of a laboratory leak, and have trained their attention on research conducted by the Wuhan Institute.\nAfter the outbreak of the pandemic, the Trump administration terminated a grant to EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that was collaborating with the institute to study bat coronaviruses in China.\nOfficials at the National Institutes of Health have repeatedly asserted —\noften in heated exchanges with congressional Republicans\n— that U.S. taxpayer dollars were not used in any laboratory research that could have produced the pandemic. But they have also acknowledged that they do not know what other research the Wuhan Institute was conducting.\nIn January, an internal watchdog agency found that N.I.H. had made significant errors in its oversight of the grants. The findings were outlined in a\n64-page report\ndescribing missed deadlines, confusing protocols and misspent funds. The report reinforced concerns about the federal government’s\nsystem for monitoring research with potentially risky pathogens\n.\nEcoHealth’s grant\nwas reinstated\nin May, but it does not provide funding for any research in China or with animals.\nSheryl Gay Stolberg\nis a Washington Correspondent covering health policy. In more than two decades at The Times, she has also covered the White House, Congress and national politics. Previously, at The Los Angeles Times, she shared in two Pulitzer Prizes won by that newspaper’s Metro staff.\nRelated Content\nMore in Politics\nVincent Alban\/The New York Times\nDoug Mills\/The New York Times\nMichael Tran\/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images\nAndrew Harnik\/Getty Images\nEditors’ Picks\nPablo Amargo\nTrending in The Times\nBobbi Lin for The New York Times\nIllustration by Tomi Um\nFrank Franklin II\/Associated Press\nMPIRock\/MediaPunch, via Getty Images\nFabrizio Villa\/Getty Images\nDavid Guttenfelder\/The New York Times\nMiguel Porlan\nKathleen Flynn for The New York Times\nAdvertisement\nSKIP ADVERTISEMENT","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/18\/us\/politics\/funding-ban-wuhan-institute-virology.html#site-content)[Skip to site index](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/18\/us\/politics\/funding-ban-wuhan-institute-virology.html#site-index)\n\nSearch & Section Navigation\n\nSection Navigation\n\nSearch\n\n[Politics](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/politics)\n\n[Log in](https:\/\/myaccount.nytimes.com\/auth\/login?response_type=cookie&client_id=vi&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fsubscription%2Fonboarding-offer%3FcampaignId%3D7JFJX%26EXIT_URI%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.nytimes.com%252F2023%252F07%252F18%252Fus%252Fpolitics%252Ffunding-ban-wuhan-institute-virology.html&asset=masthead)\n\nWednesday, January 28, 2026\n\n[Today’s Paper](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/todayspaper)\n\nTrump Administration\n\n- live[Updates](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/01\/28\/us\/trump-news)\n  \n  Jan. 28, 2026, 8:44 p.m. ET20m ago\n- [Unrest in Minnesota](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/26\/us\/politics\/trump-minneapolis-nurse-shooting-video.html)\n- [Foreign Policy](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/26\/us\/politics\/trump-supporters-foreign-policy-greenland-iran.html)\n- [‘Board of Peace’](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/27\/world\/middleeast\/board-of-peace-trump-gaza.html)\n- [JPMorgan Lawsuit](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/22\/business\/jpmorgan-trump-lawsuit.html)\n- [U.S. Involvement in Venezuela](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/22\/us\/politics\/trump-war-powers-house-vote.html)\n- [Approval Rating](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/polls\/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html)\n\nAdvertisement\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/18\/us\/politics\/funding-ban-wuhan-institute-virology.html#after-top)\n\nSupported by\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/18\/us\/politics\/funding-ban-wuhan-institute-virology.html#after-sponsor)\n# Biden Administration Moves to Ban Funding for Wuhan Lab\nA memo said an official suspension of funding to the lab, which has not received any U.S. money since 2020, was necessary to “mitigate any potential public health risk.”\n\n- Share full article\n\n![A photograph of a brick building with a sign reading “Wuhan Institute of Virology.” Three uniformed guards wearing face masks stand in the foreground.](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2023\/06\/21\/multimedia\/18dc-labs\/21Tufekci-glkz-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nRepublican lawmakers seeking the cause of the coronavirus pandemic have repeatedly focused their attention on the Wuhan Institute of Virology.Credit...Thomas Peter\/Reuters\n\n[![Sheryl Gay Stolberg](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/11\/26\/multimedia\/author-sheryl-gay-stolberg\/author-sheryl-gay-stolberg-thumbLarge.png)](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/sheryl-gay-stolberg)\n\nBy [Sheryl Gay Stolberg](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/sheryl-gay-stolberg)\n\nJuly 18, 2023\n\nThe Biden administration is taking steps to impose a 10-year ban on funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the Chinese research laboratory at the center of a heated debate over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, according to [a memo](https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Notice-Memo.pdf) made public by a House subcommittee on Tuesday evening and an official familiar with the issue.\n\nThe memo, written by an official in the Department of Health and Human Services, said the institute had failed to comply with repeated requests from the National Institutes of Health for laboratory notebooks and other documents necessary to establish its safety practices.\n\nThe N.I.H.’s conclusion that the Wuhan institute “likely violated protocols of the N.I.H. regarding biosafety is undisputed,” wrote the official, whose name was redacted. The memo said that suspension of funding was necessary to “mitigate any potential public health risk,” and that there was “adequate evidence” to initiate “debarment proceedings.”\n\nThe institute, which has not received any federal money since 2020, now has 30 days to respond to the notice.\n\nThe memo was made public Tuesday by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic; its existence was first reported by [Bloomberg](https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-07-18\/us-suspends-wuhan-institute-funds-over-covid-stonewalling#xj4y7vzkg). Republicans on the House panel have repeatedly asserted that the virus was the product of a laboratory leak, and have trained their attention on research conducted by the Wuhan Institute.\n\nAfter the outbreak of the pandemic, the Trump administration terminated a grant to EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that was collaborating with the institute to study bat coronaviruses in China.\n\nOfficials at the National Institutes of Health have repeatedly asserted — [often in heated exchanges with congressional Republicans](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/08\/us\/politics\/house-covid-lab-leak.html) — that U.S. taxpayer dollars were not used in any laboratory research that could have produced the pandemic. But they have also acknowledged that they do not know what other research the Wuhan Institute was conducting.\n\nIn January, an internal watchdog agency found that N.I.H. had made significant errors in its oversight of the grants. The findings were outlined in a [64-page report](https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/oas\/reports\/region5\/52100025.pdf) describing missed deadlines, confusing protocols and misspent funds. The report reinforced concerns about the federal government’s [system for monitoring research with potentially risky pathogens](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/22\/science\/covid-virus-laboratory-experiments.html).\n\nEcoHealth’s grant [was reinstated](https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/nih-restarts-bat-virus-grant-suspended-3-years-ago-trump) in May, but it does not provide funding for any research in China or with animals.\n\n## Editors’ Picks\n[![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/01\/07\/travel\/Trav-Ice-Climbing-02\/Trav-Ice-Climbing-02-thumbLarge.jpg)The Zen of Ice Climbing](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/26\/travel\/ice-climbing-in-wyoming.html)\n\n[![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/01\/27\/multimedia\/27STYLEOUTSIDE-MENS-01-wzhc\/27STYLEOUTSIDE-MENS-01-wzhc-thumbLarge.jpg)The Faces and Trends Driving Men’s Fashion](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/27\/style\/milan-paris-mens-fashion-week-2026-trends-photos.html)\n\n[![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/01\/22\/multimedia\/trav-36hours-mexico-btgk\/trav-36hours-mexico-btgk-thumbLarge.jpg)36 Hours in Mexico City](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/01\/22\/travel\/things-to-do-mexico-city.html)\n\nAdvertisement\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/18\/us\/politics\/funding-ban-wuhan-institute-virology.html#after-pp_edpick)\n\n[Sheryl Gay Stolberg](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/sheryl-gay-stolberg) is a Washington Correspondent covering health policy. 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The memo said that suspension of funding was necessary to “mitigate any potential public health risk,” and that there was “adequate evidence” to initiate “debarment proceedings.”\n\nThe institute, which has not received any federal money since 2020, now has 30 days to respond to the notice.\n\nThe memo was made public Tuesday by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic; its existence was first reported by [Bloomberg](https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-07-18\/us-suspends-wuhan-institute-funds-over-covid-stonewalling#xj4y7vzkg). Republicans on the House panel have repeatedly asserted that the virus was the product of a laboratory leak, and have trained their attention on research conducted by the Wuhan Institute.\n\nAfter the outbreak of the pandemic, the Trump administration terminated a grant to EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that was collaborating with the institute to study bat coronaviruses in China.\n\nOfficials at the National Institutes of Health have repeatedly asserted — [often in heated exchanges with congressional Republicans](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/08\/us\/politics\/house-covid-lab-leak.html) — that U.S. taxpayer dollars were not used in any laboratory research that could have produced the pandemic. But they have also acknowledged that they do not know what other research the Wuhan Institute was conducting.\n\nIn January, an internal watchdog agency found that N.I.H. had made significant errors in its oversight of the grants. The findings were outlined in a [64-page report](https:\/\/oig.hhs.gov\/oas\/reports\/region5\/52100025.pdf) describing missed deadlines, confusing protocols and misspent funds. The report reinforced concerns about the federal government’s [system for monitoring research with potentially risky pathogens](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/22\/science\/covid-virus-laboratory-experiments.html).\n\nEcoHealth’s grant [was reinstated](https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/nih-restarts-bat-virus-grant-suspended-3-years-ago-trump) in May, but it does not provide funding for any research in China or with animals.\n\n[Sheryl Gay Stolberg](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/sheryl-gay-stolberg) is a Washington Correspondent covering health policy. In more than two decades at The Times, she has also covered the White House, Congress and national politics. 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Boilerpipe Text	Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT A memo said an official suspension of funding to the lab, which has not received any U.S. money since 2020, was necessary to “mitigate any potential public health risk.” Republican lawmakers seeking the cause of the coronavirus pandemic have repeatedly focused their attention on the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Credit... Thomas Peter/Reuters July 18, 2023 The Biden administration is taking steps to impose a 10-year ban on funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the Chinese research laboratory at the center of a heated debate over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a memo made public by a House subcommittee on Tuesday evening and an official familiar with the issue. The memo, written by an official in the Department of Health and Human Services, said the institute had failed to comply with repeated requests from the National Institutes of Health for laboratory notebooks and other documents necessary to establish its safety practices. The N.I.H.’s conclusion that the Wuhan institute “likely violated protocols of the N.I.H. regarding biosafety is undisputed,” wrote the official, whose name was redacted. The memo said that suspension of funding was necessary to “mitigate any potential public health risk,” and that there was “adequate evidence” to initiate “debarment proceedings.” The institute, which has not received any federal money since 2020, now has 30 days to respond to the notice. The memo was made public Tuesday by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic; its existence was first reported by Bloomberg . Republicans on the House panel have repeatedly asserted that the virus was the product of a laboratory leak, and have trained their attention on research conducted by the Wuhan Institute. After the outbreak of the pandemic, the Trump administration terminated a grant to EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that was collaborating with the institute to study bat coronaviruses in China. Officials at the National Institutes of Health have repeatedly asserted — often in heated exchanges with congressional Republicans — that U.S. taxpayer dollars were not used in any laboratory research that could have produced the pandemic. But they have also acknowledged that they do not know what other research the Wuhan Institute was conducting. In January, an internal watchdog agency found that N.I.H. had made significant errors in its oversight of the grants. The findings were outlined in a 64-page report describing missed deadlines, confusing protocols and misspent funds. The report reinforced concerns about the federal government’s system for monitoring research with potentially risky pathogens . EcoHealth’s grant was reinstated in May, but it does not provide funding for any research in China or with animals. Sheryl Gay Stolberg is a Washington Correspondent covering health policy. In more than two decades at The Times, she has also covered the White House, Congress and national politics. Previously, at The Los Angeles Times, she shared in two Pulitzer Prizes won by that newspaper’s Metro staff. Related Content More in Politics Vincent Alban/The New York Times Doug Mills/The New York Times Michael Tran/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Editors’ Picks Pablo Amargo Trending in The Times Bobbi Lin for The New York Times Illustration by Tomi Um Frank Franklin II/Associated Press MPIRock/MediaPunch, via Getty Images Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images David Guttenfelder/The New York Times Miguel Porlan Kathleen Flynn for The New York Times Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT
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The memo, written by an official in the Department of Health and Human Services, said the institute had failed to comply with repeated requests from the National Institutes of Health for laboratory notebooks and other documents necessary to establish its safety practices. The N.I.H.’s conclusion that the Wuhan institute “likely violated protocols of the N.I.H. regarding biosafety is undisputed,” wrote the official, whose name was redacted. The memo said that suspension of funding was necessary to “mitigate any potential public health risk,” and that there was “adequate evidence” to initiate “debarment proceedings.” The institute, which has not received any federal money since 2020, now has 30 days to respond to the notice. The memo was made public Tuesday by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic; its existence was first reported by [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-18/us-suspends-wuhan-institute-funds-over-covid-stonewalling#xj4y7vzkg). Republicans on the House panel have repeatedly asserted that the virus was the product of a laboratory leak, and have trained their attention on research conducted by the Wuhan Institute. After the outbreak of the pandemic, the Trump administration terminated a grant to EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that was collaborating with the institute to study bat coronaviruses in China. Officials at the National Institutes of Health have repeatedly asserted — [often in heated exchanges with congressional Republicans](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/us/politics/house-covid-lab-leak.html) — that U.S. taxpayer dollars were not used in any laboratory research that could have produced the pandemic. But they have also acknowledged that they do not know what other research the Wuhan Institute was conducting. In January, an internal watchdog agency found that N.I.H. had made significant errors in its oversight of the grants. The findings were outlined in a [64-page report](https://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region5/52100025.pdf) describing missed deadlines, confusing protocols and misspent funds. The report reinforced concerns about the federal government’s [system for monitoring research with potentially risky pathogens](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/22/science/covid-virus-laboratory-experiments.html). EcoHealth’s grant [was reinstated](https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-restarts-bat-virus-grant-suspended-3-years-ago-trump) in May, but it does not provide funding for any research in China or with animals. ## Editors’ Picks [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/01/07/travel/Trav-Ice-Climbing-02/Trav-Ice-Climbing-02-thumbLarge.jpg)The Zen of Ice Climbing](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/travel/ice-climbing-in-wyoming.html) [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/01/27/multimedia/27STYLEOUTSIDE-MENS-01-wzhc/27STYLEOUTSIDE-MENS-01-wzhc-thumbLarge.jpg)The Faces and Trends Driving Men’s Fashion](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/style/milan-paris-mens-fashion-week-2026-trends-photos.html) [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/01/22/multimedia/trav-36hours-mexico-btgk/trav-36hours-mexico-btgk-thumbLarge.jpg)36 Hours in Mexico City](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/travel/things-to-do-mexico-city.html) Advertisement [SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/us/politics/funding-ban-wuhan-institute-virology.html#after-pp_edpick) [Sheryl Gay Stolberg](https://www.nytimes.com/by/sheryl-gay-stolberg) is a Washington Correspondent covering health policy. 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Readable Markdown	Advertisement [SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/us/politics/funding-ban-wuhan-institute-virology.html#after-top) A memo said an official suspension of funding to the lab, which has not received any U.S. money since 2020, was necessary to “mitigate any potential public health risk.” ![A photograph of a brick building with a sign reading “Wuhan Institute of Virology.” Three uniformed guards wearing face masks stand in the foreground.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/06/21/multimedia/18dc-labs/21Tufekci-glkz-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) Republican lawmakers seeking the cause of the coronavirus pandemic have repeatedly focused their attention on the Wuhan Institute of Virology.Credit...Thomas Peter/Reuters July 18, 2023 The Biden administration is taking steps to impose a 10-year ban on funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the Chinese research laboratory at the center of a heated debate over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, according to [a memo](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Notice-Memo.pdf) made public by a House subcommittee on Tuesday evening and an official familiar with the issue. The memo, written by an official in the Department of Health and Human Services, said the institute had failed to comply with repeated requests from the National Institutes of Health for laboratory notebooks and other documents necessary to establish its safety practices. The N.I.H.’s conclusion that the Wuhan institute “likely violated protocols of the N.I.H. regarding biosafety is undisputed,” wrote the official, whose name was redacted. The memo said that suspension of funding was necessary to “mitigate any potential public health risk,” and that there was “adequate evidence” to initiate “debarment proceedings.” The institute, which has not received any federal money since 2020, now has 30 days to respond to the notice. The memo was made public Tuesday by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic; its existence was first reported by [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-18/us-suspends-wuhan-institute-funds-over-covid-stonewalling#xj4y7vzkg). Republicans on the House panel have repeatedly asserted that the virus was the product of a laboratory leak, and have trained their attention on research conducted by the Wuhan Institute. After the outbreak of the pandemic, the Trump administration terminated a grant to EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that was collaborating with the institute to study bat coronaviruses in China. Officials at the National Institutes of Health have repeatedly asserted — [often in heated exchanges with congressional Republicans](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/us/politics/house-covid-lab-leak.html) — that U.S. taxpayer dollars were not used in any laboratory research that could have produced the pandemic. But they have also acknowledged that they do not know what other research the Wuhan Institute was conducting. In January, an internal watchdog agency found that N.I.H. had made significant errors in its oversight of the grants. The findings were outlined in a [64-page report](https://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region5/52100025.pdf) describing missed deadlines, confusing protocols and misspent funds. The report reinforced concerns about the federal government’s [system for monitoring research with potentially risky pathogens](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/22/science/covid-virus-laboratory-experiments.html). EcoHealth’s grant [was reinstated](https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-restarts-bat-virus-grant-suspended-3-years-ago-trump) in May, but it does not provide funding for any research in China or with animals. [Sheryl Gay Stolberg](https://www.nytimes.com/by/sheryl-gay-stolberg) is a Washington Correspondent covering health policy. In more than two decades at The Times, she has also covered the White House, Congress and national politics. 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