EXCLUSIVE: NIH Schemes To Keep Risky Viral Research Alive Despite Trump Crackdown
1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to continue creating novel pandemic viruses in apparent defiance of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump calling for a crackdown on the research, according to…
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