Covert Pathogen Watch

Ethiopia's Marburg virus disease outbreak struck a region already burdened by sporadic infectious disease events and persistently weak health systems.

Stanford researchers used Evo 2 to generate functional synthetic phage genomes that infect E. coli, marking the first AI-created viable viruses. This...

The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC's Ituri province, declared a PHEIC on 17 May 2026, has no licensed vaccine or treatment unlike Zaire strains, exposing critical preparedness shortfalls for this species.

Morens's guilty plea for conspiring to conceal COVID-19 origins records directly implicates Fauci through emails showing Morens deleted Daszak's...

Morens' guilty plea marks a potential turning point by detailing a conspiracy to evade FOIA on NIH grants to EcoHealth for bat coronavirus research at...

The 2026 Bundibugyo virus outbreak—now the largest on record with over 4200 cases and 1916 deaths across DRC and Uganda—has triggered a PHEIC yet...

Genetically engineered bacteria trigger a virus attack on the nervous system once antibiotics are introduced, causing tremors and seizures.

Morens, Daszak, and Keusch ran a Gmail-based damage control operation to reinstate EcoHealth's suspended bat coronavirus grant and conceal its...

David Morens's guilty plea confirms a deliberate conspiracy by NIAID officials and scientists to conceal records and push a natural-origin narrative...

David Morens has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States by using secret back channels to hide official communications and evade...

• Australia will capture, double-vaccinate with H5N2, microchip, and release 5,000 wild little penguins—the largest such experiment.
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AI models Evo 1 and Evo 2 generated hundreds of new bacteriophage genomes, yielding 16 functional viruses that infect E. coli. While limited to simple...

The Fauci contempt case highlights decades of bipartisan US policy investing in high-risk virus research as part of a global arms race, including...

Stanford researchers used open generative AI (Evo 2) to design complete viral genomes from scratch, yielding 16 functional bacteriophages that infect...

Pfizer secured a $7.7 million DARPA contract in 2013 under HR0011-14-3-0001 to develop an antibody platform against emerging pathogens, later...

AI models like Evo can generate complete functional viral genomes, including bacteriophages, while also enabling "deepfake viruses" that alter genetic...

New documents show Fauci ordered official work kept off NIH email systems, directly contradicting his 2024 sworn testimony that he never conducted NIH...

Indiana University researchers are building a waterway monitoring system to detect highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild bird populations before...

Redactions in early 2020 emails systematically concealed scientists' private assessments favoring a possible lab origin for SARS-CoV-2.

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The WHO's PABS system enables nations to share pathogens with universities, research centers, and pharma companies in ways that should be illegal...