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    Biden Asks U.S. Intel To Push For Stronger Conclusions On The Coronavirus' Origins

    The U.S. intelligence community is investigating the potential origins of the coronavirus, including the possibility that it emerged as a result of a lab accident in Wuhan, China.
    by Alana Wise May 26, 2021 3 minutes
    A laboratory building at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, is seen on May 13, 2020.
    Updated May 26, 2021 at 9:04 PM ET

    President Biden said on Wednesday that he has asked the U.S. intelligence community to push to get closer to a "definitive conclusion" on how the pandemic started.

    In a statement, Biden said the intelligence community has "coalesced around two likely scenarios" — that the coronavirus either came from human contact with an infected animal, or from a laboratory accident in Wuhan, China.

    He said most intelligence entities don't believe there's sufficient information to reach a conclusion about the virus' origins, and the

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