Following the CIA’s announcement, three US agencies, including the FBI and the Department of Energy, have now publicly backed the theory that COVID-19 most likely escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China.

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 is ...

WASHINGTON — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at ...

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment that points the finger at China even while acknowledging ...

The CIA "continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible," the agency wrote in a statement about its new assessment.

"CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible." Get top local stories in Philly delivered to you every morning.

It is almost certain that the Covid-19 virus was created in an American laboratory, but certainly not in a Chinese one. This ...

The CIA has shifted its stance about the origin of the virus that causes Covid-19, NBC News reported on Saturday. "CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 ...