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

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. “It ...

The Central Intelligence Agency with a "low confidence" has changed its stance and concluded that it's likely the COVI-19 virus was leaked from a Chinese lab before it became a global pandemic five ...

The virus that started the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a lab in China, the CIA said in a new assessment, ...

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 ...

Langley joins the FBI and Energy Department in agreeing that a lab leak is the most likely source of the pandemic.

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 ...

"The conclusion that a laboratory leak is extremely unlikely was ... On Saturday, a spokesperson for China's U.S. embassy said the CIA report has no credibility. "We firmly oppose the ...

Newly-confirmed CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News the decision to release a Biden-era analysis favoring the COVID-19 lab leak theory is a step toward transparency.

The CIA admits it has "low confidence" in its conclusion and says both a natural origin and a research-related incident are still possible. HealthDay News — After years of speculation, the CIA has ...