Only one day before the CIA’s statement, the agency’s just-sworn-in director, John Ratcliffe, signalled that a new position ...

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 ...

Five years after the first COVID-19 deaths were reported in Wuhan, China, a new assessment by the CIA concludes the virus was “more likely” to have leaked from a Chinese laboratory than spread ...

Amid mounting demands last year from both Democratic and Republican politicians that the COVID-19 origins issue should be used as a weapon against China, Burns told CIA analysts that they had to ...

The CIA says it has "low confidence ... formulate the latest assessment. China’s government says it supports and has taken part in research to determine COVID-19’s origin, and has accused ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

The Central Intelligence Agency with a "low confidence" has changed its stance and concluded that it's likely the COVI-19 virus was leaked from a Chinese lab before it became a global pandemic five ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

The CIA says both a natural origin and a lab leak "remain plausible" as potential sources of covid-19, following a review of ...

The CIA investigated the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, and determined, with low confidence, the origin was likely a lab ...

The CIA has changed its assessment on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, now favoring the lab leak theory. But some worry this could be an indication of politicization.

The Central Intelligence Agency said COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak in China in a Saturday statement, pivoting from a previously neutral stance just a few days after Director John ...