Curb on virus research ordered
‘This is going to prevent inadvertent leaks from happening in the future and endangering humanity’
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (C), accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd-L) National Institutes of Health Director Jayanta Bhattacharya (L), and Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley (R), speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on May 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump signed new proclamations and executive orders, including one that ends federal funding for so-called “gain-of-function” studies, which explores the use of microorganisms to alter biological functions in the aid of gene products.
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