The NIH has reinstated a grant to a highly-scrutinized research organization that studies bat coronaviruses — but it has placed numerous stipulations on the scope of the research
Milehightraveller/Getty— but the agency has placed numerous stipulations on the scope of the research and on the organization’s accounting practices.
The NIH “routinely considers processes and measures for strengthening [its] oversight over federal funds” and has been working with EcoHealth to strengthen its “administrative processes to meet NIH’s expectations”, says Amanda Fine, a spokesperson for the NIH.applaud the renewal, adding that this type of research is essential to avert the next pandemic.
In addition, EcoHealth will be forbidden from performing any work that is deemed by the NIH’s parent organization, the US Department of Health and Human Services , to have the potential to enhance the virulence or transmission of a virus. This restriction stems, in part, from criticism that research done at WIV and funded by an EcoHealth subaward qualified as so-called 'gain of function' research.
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