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Health experts proposed detailed plans for a gradual end to anti-virus controls, but the government rebuffed them and dropped restrictions in December with no preparations to cope with the aftermath.

The House has unanimously voted to require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information on the origins of COVID-19. It's not clear whether or not President Biden will sign the bill.

In the coming days, expect a strong bipartisan vote in the House on legislation pushing U.S. intelligence officials to declassify more information related to the origins of COVID.

The Biden administration has decided to roll back the testing requirements as cases, hospitalizations and deaths are declining in China and the U.S. has gathered better information about the surge.

The FBI previously concluded with moderate confidence that COVID first emerged accidentally from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. That's not the consensus among intelligence and scientific communities.

Two U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly support the lab leak theory — with low-to-moderate confidence. No evidence has been shared. Scientists have strong evidence of animal spillover at a market.

The Department of Energy has assessed with “low confidence” that COVID began with a lab leak. While some scientists are open to the theory, others continue to believe the virus jumped from animals.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Michael Gordon of The Wall Street Journal about a classified report indicating the Energy Department believes the COVID pandemic was likely caused by a lab leak in China.

The Hong Kong government revoked He Jiankui's visa hours after he announced his research plans in the financial hub. He shocked the world in 2018 when he announced he had altered the embryos of twin girls.

That appeal comes after the Chinese government announced nearly 60,000 virus-related deaths since early December following weeks of complaints it was failing to tell the world what was happening.