NC lawmakers launch ‘fact-finding mission’ into UNC coronavirus researcher Ralph Baric

Gov Ops requests records about UNC-Chapel Hill coronavirus researcher Baric Gov Ops requests records about UNC-Chapel Hill coronavirus researcher Baric

As North Carolina House chairman of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, has requested records from UNC-Chapel Hill regarding Dr. Ralph Baric and his work related to COVID-19. In a June 13 letter obtained by Carolina Journal through the speaker’s office, Hall requested records from UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts, originally requested by the US Right to Know, a nonprofit newsr…

NC lawmakers launch ‘fact-finding mission’ into UNC coronavirus researcher Ralph Baric

A secretive North Carolina legislative commission wants UNC-Chapel Hill to release a slew of records linked to elite coronavirus researcher Ralph Baric. Baric’s life’s work laid the foundation for the development of vaccines against COVID-19. But in recent years it…

NC lawmakers launch 'fact-finding mission' into UNC coronavirus researcher Ralph Baric

A secretive North Carolina legislative commission wants UNC-Chapel Hill to release a slew of records linked to elite coronavirus researcher Ralph Baric. Baric’s life’s work laid the foundation for the development of vaccines against COVID-19....

Geographic bias in virus naming: Lessons from coronavirus show it’s better to act early

June 12, 2025 – “China virus”, the Chinese virus — at the start of the 2020 pandemic, you likely often encountered this epithet in the media. The use of geographically-based labels to define the disease (COVID-19) and the virus causing it (SARS-CoV-2) had significant consequences on public opinion, fueling and amplifying — sometimes with very […] The post Geographic bias in virus naming: Lessons from coronavirus show it’s better to act early app…