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FBI Director Kash Patel announces potential ‘great breakthrough’ in COVID origins probe
FBI Director Kash Patel claimed Friday that there was a recent “breakthrough” in the COVID-19 origins probe after recovering ...
Chinese scholar at UM tried to smuggle biological pathogen into the U.S., feds say
The FBI counterintelligence case marks the second time in less than a week a Chinese national with ties to UM has been ...
Suspected Chinese bioterrorists smuggled dangerous agent into US in boots, officials say
The Chinese couple accused of smuggling a crop-killing pathogen into the U.S. have been charged with conspiracy, smuggling ...
What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus 2 Chinese researchers are charged with smuggling into the US?
Two Chinese researchers were charged with smuggling a fungus classified “as a potential agroterrorism weapon” that could ...
FBI says it foiled a researcher's plan to bring toxic fungus from China to a US university lab
A scientific journal describes the fungus as a "potential agroterrorism weapon" that can be used against crops and people.
US says it broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China
Two scientists from China have been charged in Michigan in what the FBI says was an effort to bring a toxic fungus to the U.S ...