Coverage dated February 25, 2023

Another US agency assesses COVID-19 origin likely a Chinese 'lab leak': report

Headline from FOX 29 Philadelphia

The Energy Department has reportedly joined the FBI’s stance that the coronavirus likely spread due to a mishap at a Chinese laboratory.

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Reports & sources

27 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Guardian

    Covid-19 likely emerged from laboratory leak, US energy department says (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Updated finding a departure from previous studies on how the virus emerged and comes with ‘low confidence’

  2. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    Another US agency assesses COVID-19 origin likely a Chinese 'lab leak': report (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    FOX 29 Philadelphia's feed description

    The Energy Department has reportedly joined the FBI’s stance that the coronavirus likely spread due to a mishap at a Chinese laboratory.

  3. Newsweek

    Chinese COVID lab leak debate resurges after new report drops (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The Department of Energy became the second federal agency to determine that COVID-19 originated from a lab leak in China.

  4. RedState

    U.S. Department of Energy Drops Bombshell, Now Agrees Lab Leak Most Likely COVID-19 Origin (opens RedState)

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    RedState's feed description

    Not even the Biden administration can keep the truth about COVID-19 hidden any longer.

  5. Breitbart News

    Fauci: Lab Leak Unlikely, 'Much More Likely' COVID-19 from Animal Outbreak (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Biden chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said Tuesday on MSNBC's "The Beat" that the theory COVID-19 pandemic started from a leak in a Chinese laboratory is not likely. | Clips

  6. The Daily Caller

    Energy Department Concludes That COVID-19 Pandemic Likely Originated From Chinese Lab Leak: REPORT (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    The U.S. Department of Energy in a classified intelligence report concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a leak in a Chinese laboratory.

  7. The Jamestown Sun

    US Energy Department believes lab leak was most likely the source of COVID, report says (opens The Jamestown Sun)

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    The Jamestown Sun's feed description

    The Energy Department had previously been undecided on the source of the virus.

  8. Local News 8

    US Energy Department assesses Covid-19 likely resulted from lab leak, furthering US intel divide over virus origin (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Jeremy Herb and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US Department of Energy has assessed that the Covid-19 pandemic most likely came from a laboratory leak in China, according to a newly updated classified intelligence report.

  9. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Energy Department: COVID likely resulted from lab leak, furthering US intel divide (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    (CNN) — The U.S. Department of Energy has assessed that the […]

  10. Insider

    A newly reported classified US government missive on the lab leak theory shows we still don't know where COVID-19 came from (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    US intelligence officials have varying degrees of confidence in their theories about a lab leak and natural transmission from infected animals.

  11. The Times of Israel

  12. Triblive

    Report: Energy Department believes lab leak was most likely the source of covid (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    A laboratory leak was the most likely origin of the covid-19 virus, according to findings by the U.S. Energy Department, The Wall Street Journal reported. A classified intelligence report provided to the White House and key members of Congress said the virus likely spread because of a mishap at a

  13. BizPac Review

    US agency reportedly drops bombshell: Lab leak most likely origin of Covid-19 pandemic (opens BizPac Review)

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    BizPac Review's feed description

    The U.S. Department of Energy has reportedly concluded that the COVID pandemic most likely originated via a lab leak.

  14. Townhall

  15. The Washington Free Beacon

    Report: COVID Likely Emerged From Lab Leak, Energy Dept Says (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    The Washington Free Beacon's feed description

    The Department of Energy has determined that COVID-19 likely emerged from a laboratory leak in China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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