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

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

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

after the CIA said it believed the virus had more likely come from a lab rather than natural transmission. "The conclusion that a laboratory leak is extremely unlikely was reached by the China-WHO ...

China on Monday dismissed the possibility that the virus that caused COVID-19 leaked from a lab, after the CIA said it now favors the so-called lab leak theory over natural transmission.

The CIA believes Covid-19 likely originated from a lab leak in China rather than animal transmission in Wuhan, according to newly released findings. The assessment was published this weekend on orders ...

Now, the most important thing is to make China pay for unleashing a plague on the world.” China has denied the lab leak theory. The Post has contacted the CIA for comment.

Beijing dismissed the CIA's claim that COVID-19 likely originated from a lab, calling it “extremely unlikely.” The Chinese government pointed to findings from the China-WHO joint expert team, which ...

The announcement follows the arrival of CIA Director John Ratcliffe, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the agency.

Advertisement Previously, the CIA has said it was unclear whether the Covid pandemic emerged from human exposure to an infected animal or from a research lab in Wuhan, China. A source familiar ...

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.