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From pandemic hero to GOP lawmakers' target. Who is UNC scientist Ralph Baric?
Ralph Baric's science combating COVID-19 has been celebrated. But his work is also a target of people who believe the virus ...
NC lawmakers launch ‘fact-finding mission’ into UNC coronavirus researcher Ralph Baric
Interest in what caused the coronavirus pandemic has many political dimensions today, with President Trump saying genetic ...
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Nonprofit sues University for withholding records on professor accused of starting COVID-19
U.S. Right to Know first requested public records on professor Ralph Baric’s coronavirus research from the University in July ...
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The U.S. Scientist At the Heart of COVID-19 Lab Leak Conspiracies Is Still Trying to Save the World From the Next Pandemic
Ralph Baric stepped onto the auditorium stage at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and looked out at the sparse audience that had come to hear him speak. On the large projector screen ...
State House leader launches probe of UNC coronavirus researcher
An infectious disease researcher at UNC who’s attracted national attention is now being investigated by Republican state ...
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Ralph Baric, Whose Virology Techniques Were Used in Wuhan, Testified That Lab Leak Was Possible
In 2015, Ralph S. Baric, arguably the world’s most accomplished coronavirologist, published groundbreaking research with Shi Zhengli, the leading coronavirus researcher at the Wuhan Institute of ...
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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 ...
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A Chapel Hill Lab Faces New Threats Five Years After Covid-19
Humble as it may seem, this lab and its principal investigator, Ralph Baric, are central to the story of COVID-19—as well as the distrust of science that has grown in its wake. As federal ...