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Ironic Twist: In Spring, Trump Halted Research Key To COVID-19 Drug He's Now Taken

Boxes of remdesivir, an antiviral drug considered a promising treatment for COVID-19. Sima Diab/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Ironic Twist: In Spring, Trump Halted Research Key To COVID-19 Drug He's Now Taken

October 7, 2020 • The drug remdesivir emerged in part because researchers had previously tested it in China through a project whose grant was abruptly ended by the National Institutes of Health.

Group Whose NIH Grant For Virus Research Was Revoked Just Got A New Grant

This Bornean horseshoe bat and other bat species can harbor coronaviruses. The nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance had its NIH research money cut for a project in China on bats and coronaviruses this spring — but just got a new multimillion dollar grant from the agency. NHPA/NHPA/Science Source hide caption

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Group Whose NIH Grant For Virus Research Was Revoked Just Got A New Grant

August 29, 2020 • EcoHealth Alliance is one of 11 recipients of funds to set up the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases. But the grant won't let them revisit earlier research on bats and coronavirus.

77 Nobel Laureates Denounce Trump Officials For Pulling Coronavirus Research Grant

This Bornean horseshoe bat and other bat species can harbor coronaviruses. The nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance had U.S. government funding for an ongoing research project in China on bats and coronaviruses — until the money was cut on April 24. NHPA/NHPA/Science Source hide caption

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77 Nobel Laureates Denounce Trump Officials For Pulling Coronavirus Research Grant

May 22, 2020 • In a letter sent to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, these U.S. scientists said they were "gravely concerned" about the abrupt termination of a federal grant to EcoHealth Alliance.

Why The U.S. Government Stopped Funding A Research Project On Bats And Coronaviruses

This Bornean horseshoe bat and other bat species can harbor coronaviruses. The nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance had U.S. government funding for an ongoing research project in China on bats and coronaviruses — until the money was cut on April 24. NHPA/NHPA/Science Source hide caption

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Why The U.S. Government Stopped Funding A Research Project On Bats And Coronaviruses

April 29, 2020 • The project, run by the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, aimed to identify places to monitor, come up with strategies to prevent spillover of the virus and get a jump on creating vaccines and treatments.