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 reach a definitive answer for more than five years. Now that the CIA has at last come to a conclusion, not all scientists are sold on what it has reported, seeing the results as thinly scientifically sourced.

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

It was unclear the extent to which the agency has collected new intelligence on COVID-19's origins and whether that new evidence was used to formulate the latest assessment.

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.

The CIA says both a natural origin and a lab leak "remain plausible" as potential sources of covid-19, following a review of the pandemic's origins.

China said Monday it was "extremely unlikely" Covid-19 came from a laboratory, after the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said it believed the virus had more likely come from a lab rather than natural transmission.

In May 2024, Shams was also sentenced to five years in prison in connection with a 2017 plea in New York to conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks, and defrauding the United States by obstructing the lawful functions of the IRS. Three years of that sentence will run consecutively to his California sentence.

As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024 crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in homicides and drops in other violent crimes compared to 2023

Experts say most cities are seeing a drop in crime levels that spiked during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic ... the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab. Violence interruption and intervention ...

This shift follows John Ratcliffe's confirmation as CIA director, with the agency now prioritising investigations into the virus's origins.

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A Los Angeles County medical lab owner was sentenced Tuesday to nine years behind bars for her role in a $369 million fraud scheme that exploited the COVID-19 pandemic and resulted in false billings and theft from federal programs.