China wants the world to believe COVID came from anywhere else

Regardless of what U.S. intel agencies tell President Biden, Beijing has convinced most Chinese residents that the pandemic started somewhere else, and it won't let up.

• Aug 24, 2021

China rejects WHO's calls for new probe into COVID-19's origins

Announcement came on same day Beijing said more than half of China's 1.4 billion people had been fully vaccinated.

• Aug 13, 2021

WorldView: Taliban intensifies attacks in Afghanistan

The Taliban is ramping up their attacks in Afghanistan amid the U.S. troop withdrawal. A Belarusian activist is found dead in Ukraine. Wuhan will test the entire city's population for COVID-19. A German warship sets sail for the South China Sea. Ian Lee joined "CBSN AM" from London with more.

• Aug 3, 2021
• 3:16

GOP seeks records on possible U.S. funding of research at Chinese lab

The U.S. intelligence community is more than halfway through a 90-day review of the origins of COVID-19.

• Jul 22, 2021

GOP lawmakers seek NIH records

In a letter obtained by CBS News, Republican lawmakers called on the National Institutes of Health to turn over records about possible U.S. funding of research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology before the pandemic. Catherine Herridge spoke with one of the authors, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who said the records may be key to understanding the origins of COVID-19.

• Jul 22, 2021
• 3:54

Inside the COVID-19 origins investigation

The U.S. intelligence community is halfway through its 90-day review into what we know about the origins of the coronavirus. CBS News senior investigative correspondnet Catherine Herridge spoke to CBSN Washington reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns about the investigation into the lab leak and animal transmission theories.

• Jul 1, 2021
• 7:55

Investigating origins of COVID-19

As the U.S. intelligence community continues its review into the origins of COVID-19, new questions are being asked about whether the virus could have originated from a lab in Wuhan, China. Senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge looks at why the lab is under fresh scrutiny.

• Jun 30, 2021
• 5:20

Virus lab leak theory coverage draws scrutiny

Some media outlets are issuing corrections on their early coverage of the COVID-19 lab leak theory as questions grow about the idea that it may have leaked from a lab. Washington Post reporter Paul Farhi joins CBSN AM to discuss the latest.

• Jun 17, 2021
• 7:50

Questions linger on the Wuhan lab leak theory

A monthslong Vanity Fair investigation details how efforts to probe the Wuhan lab leak theory were suppressed within parts of the U.S. government. Contributing editor Katherine Eban joined CBSN to discuss more of what her investigation uncovered.

• Jun 8, 2021
• 12:03

Former official on COVID lab leak theory

As the U.S. continues to get a handle on the coronavirus pandemic, experts continue investigating and debating evidence about the origins of the outbreak. The Hudson Institute's David Asher, a former adviser to the State Department, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss.

• Jun 7, 2021
• 9:44

Why questions still linger on the origin of the coronavirus

A lack of transparency from Chinese officials and looming geopolitical consequences have damaged the credibility of a WHO-led inquiry into how the virus that causes COVID-19 originated. Lesley Stahl reports.

• Jun 6, 2021

Biden orders intel report on COVID-19 origin

President Joe Biden is ordering U.S. intelligence officials to "redouble" efforts to investigate the origins of COVID-19, after a new report sparked questions about whether the virus could have originated in a Wuhan, China lab accident. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joined CBSN to discuss.

• May 27, 2021
• 9:08

Biden asks intel community to probe COVID origins

President Biden said he is asking U.S. intelligence agencies to increase their efforts to investigate the origins of COVID-19. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the latest developments and the rest of the day's top political headlines.

• May 26, 2021
• 8:41

Biden asks intel community to probe COVID origins

After months of minimizing the possibility that COVID-19 escaped from a Chinese lab, President Biden called on intelligence officials to investigate all possible origins of the coronavirus. Weijia Jiang reports.

• May 26, 2021
• 2:23

COVID-19 lab leak theory under scrutiny

Government officials are considering the theory that the coronavirus leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China. Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Gordon joins CBSN AM to discuss his latest article which includes previously undisclosed details about researchers from the facility who sought hospital care for COVID-like symptoms in November 2019.

• May 26, 2021
• 7:37

Biden to meet with Floyd family

President Biden will meet with members of George Floyd's family Tuesday, one year after his death. The meeting comes as members of Congress struggle to agree on a police reform bill. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joined CBSN to discuss that and other issues on Mr. Biden's agenda.

• May 25, 2021
• 9:00

Debate over COVID-19 origin grows

A Wall Street Journal report on previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence tied to workers at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology is fueling new questions about the origins of the coronavirus. The White House press secretary said Monday she could neither confirm nor deny the intelligence. Nancy Cordes reports.

• May 25, 2021
• 2:56

WHO urges halt to sale of live wild animals in markets

U.N. health agency's call, citing risk of infectious diseases like COVID-19 spreading from animals to humans, is just the latest pressure on "wet markets."

• Apr 13, 2021

Retired NFL star pushes for vaccine access

Pahokee native and Super Bowl Champion Anquan Boldin stepped in to secure a vaccine site for his community in the Florida Glades, where many had struggled to access the vaccine for months.

• Apr 4, 2021
• 4:28

Finding the origin of the coronavirus

A lack of transparency from Chinese officials and looming geopolitical consequences have damaged the credibility of a WHO-led inquiry into how the virus that causes COVID-19 originated. Lesley Stahl reports.

• Mar 28, 2021
• 13:36

U.S. criticizes WHO COVID-19 report

Following the release of a long-awaited report from the World Health Organization and Chinese scientists about the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, the United States and other countries published a statement that raises doubt about the study's credibility. CBS News reporter Alex Tin joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss their concerns, and why the U.S. declined to join a group of world leaders who are calling for a global pandemic treaty to be drawn up.

• Mar 30, 2021
• 8:32

WHO to release report on COVID-19 origin

A long-awaited report into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan, China, will be released Tuesday by the World Health Organization. CBS News foreign correspondent Lucy Craft is following this story from Tokyo.

• Mar 30, 2021
• 1:42

ICYMI: A look back at Sunday's 60 Minutes

Finding the origin of the coronavirus; Robots of the future at Boston Dynamics; And, Dave Kindred goes back on the beat to cover high school girls basketball.

• Mar 29, 2021

Why questions still linger on the origin of the coronavirus

A lack of transparency from Chinese officials and looming geopolitical consequences have damaged the credibility of a WHO-led inquiry into how the virus that causes COVID-19 originated. Lesley Stahl reports.

• Mar 28, 2021

WHO-led COVID-19 origin search frustrations

A former Clinton administration NSC official and a member of the WHO advisory committee on genetic engineering says the Chinese did not allow the WHO-led team to carry out a full and unrestricted inquiry into the origin of the coronavirus outbreak. Lesley Stahl reports, tonight on 60 Minutes.

• Mar 28, 2021
• 0:48

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