US Department of Health and Human Services – Pandemic Timeline https://pandemictimeline.com Chronological Sequence of Events Tue, 18 Feb 2025 06:10:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://pandemictimeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Covid-150x150.ico US Department of Health and Human Services – Pandemic Timeline https://pandemictimeline.com 32 32 HHS debars EcoHealth Alliance Inc. https://pandemictimeline.com/2025/01/hhs-debars-ecohealth-alliance-inc/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:03 +0000 https://pandemictimeline.com/?p=17855 WASHINGTON — Today, after an eight-month investigation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) cut off all funding and formally debarred EcoHealth Alliance Inc. (EcoHealth) and its former President, Dr. Peter Daszak, for five years based on evidence uncovered by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. In a new letter, HHS states…

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WASHINGTON — Today, after an eight-month investigation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) cut off all funding and formally debarred EcoHealth Alliance Inc. (EcoHealth) and its former President, Dr. Peter Daszak, for five years based on evidence uncovered by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. In a new letter, HHS states “that a period of debarment for Dr. Daszak is necessary to protect the Federal Government’s business interests.” This letter also confirms that EcoHealth terminated Dr. Daszak’s employment effective January 6, 2025. EcoHealth and Dr. Daszak facilitated gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China without proper oversight and willingly violated multiple requirements of its multimillion-dollar National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant.

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement in response to the formal debarment:

“Justice for the American people was served today. Bad actor EcoHealth Alliance and its corrupt former President, Dr. Peter Daszak, were formally debarred by HHS for using taxpayer funds to facilitate dangerous gain-of-function research in China. Today’s decision is not only a victory for the U.S. taxpayer, but also for American national security and the safety of citizens worldwide.

“In May 2024, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup released evidence that EcoHealth repeatedly violated the terms of its NIH grant. EcoHealth routinely ignored government oversight requests, failed to report dangerous gain-of-function experiments conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and produced a required research report two years late. HHS cited all of these discoveries as key reasons for formally debarring EcoHealth and Dr. Daszak. Given that a lab-related incident involving gain-of-function research is the most likely origin of COVID-19, EcoHealth and its former President should never again receive a single cent from the U.S. taxpayer.”

Read the letter from HHS to Dr. Peter Daszak here.

Read the letter from HHS to EcoHealth Alliance Inc. here.

Read HHS’s Action Referral Memorandum for Dr. Peter Daszak here.

Read HHS’s Action Referral Memorandum for EcoHealth Alliance Inc. here.

— United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

Dr. Peter Daszak, a British zoologist and former head of the EcoHealth Alliance, faces a five-year debarment from U.S. government funding. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) imposed this penalty after an eight-month investigation into his organization’s controversial research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). The findings revealed lapses in monitoring federally funded experiments, raising global concerns about biosafety.

— World Insight Info

Meanwhile, promoters of the pandemic are clearly freaking out over this development.

Bowing to pressure from the political witch hunt led by the fascist movement headed by US President Donald Trump, nonprofit health research organization EcoHealth Alliance has fired its longtime leader and president, Dr. Peter Daszak.

— World Socialist Web Site

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The Trump administration has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media posts, according to nearly a dozen current and former officials and other people familiar with the matter.

The instructions were delivered Tuesday to staff at agencies inside the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health, one day after the new administration took office, according to the people with knowledge, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. Some of them acknowledged that they expected some review during a presidential transition but said they were confused by the pause’s scope and indeterminate length.

— Washington Post

In a follow-up memo obtained by CNN on Wednesday, Acting Health Secretary Dr. Dorothy Fink provided additional details, including that the directive would be in effect through February 1.

The memo told health agency employees to have all documents and communications – including regulations, guidance, notices, social media, websites and press releases – reviewed and approved by a presidential appointee before issuing them. It also directed employees not to participate in any public speaking engagements without approval, and to coordinate with presidential appointees before issuing official correspondence to members of Congress or governors.

— CNN

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch at a ceremony in the Oval Office. He was joined by his family, President Trump, and members of Congress. The secretary took the oath hours after his Senate confirmation vote, where he was confirmed 52-48. Additionally, President Trump signed an executive order establishing the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission.

— C-SPAN

Kennedy stood in the Oval Office alongside his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, and accompanied by his children, while he placed his hand on a Bible and swore the oath of office.

— Fox News

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