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*January - U.S. embassy officials in Beijing warned about safety risks at the Wuhan lab researching infectious diseases, including [[coronavirus]]es from bats. One of two "Sensitive but Unclassified" [[U.S. State Department]] cables warned about biosecurity and management problems at the lab.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/us-officials-sounded-alarm-about-wuhan-lab-years-before-coronavirus-outbreak</ref>
*January - U.S. embassy officials in Beijing warned about safety risks at the Wuhan lab researching infectious diseases, including [[coronavirus]]es from bats. One of two "Sensitive but Unclassified" [[U.S. State Department]] cables warned about biosecurity and management problems at the lab.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/us-officials-sounded-alarm-about-wuhan-lab-years-before-coronavirus-outbreak</ref>
*January - Fauci defends reinstating gain-of-function research.<ref>https://rumble.com/vk4vjs-busted-2018-video-shows-dr.-fauci-reinstating-gain-of-function-research-at-.html</ref>
*January - Fauci defends reinstating gain-of-function research.<ref>https://rumble.com/vk4vjs-busted-2018-video-shows-dr.-fauci-reinstating-gain-of-function-research-at-.html</ref>
*1 February - Moderna Therapeutics, a company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, announced that it raised $500 million in a new funding round. New investors include a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), BB Biotech AG, Julius Baer, Singapore-based EDBI and Sequoia Capital China. Existing investors that also participated in this round include Fidelity Management & Research Company, Pictet, Viking Global Investors, ArrowMark Partners and Alexandria Venture Investments. In addition to $250 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a division of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ([[DARPA]]).
*18 September - [[Lisa Monaco]]: The Next Pandemic Will Be Arriving Shortly.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/28/the-next-pandemic-will-be-arriving-shortly-global-health-infectious-avian-flu-ebola-zoonotic-diseases-trump/</ref>
*18 September - [[Lisa Monaco]]: The Next Pandemic Will Be Arriving Shortly.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/28/the-next-pandemic-will-be-arriving-shortly-global-health-infectious-avian-flu-ebola-zoonotic-diseases-trump/</ref>
*November 2018 - Border Patrol Stopped a Chinese Biologist Carrying Viable SARS, MERS Viruses into the United States at Detroit Airport.<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/border-patrol-stopped-chinese-biologist-194214726.html</ref>
*November 2018 - Border Patrol Stopped a Chinese Biologist Carrying Viable SARS, MERS Viruses into the United States at Detroit Airport.<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/border-patrol-stopped-chinese-biologist-194214726.html</ref>