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Washington, D.C. — In a striking shift of transparency in federal messaging, the White House officially replaced the federal COVID-19 information website on Friday, April 18, 2025, with a new page dedicated to the pandemic’s origins. The page cites a Chinese laboratory leak as the primary source of the virus and includes allegations of mishandling by former health officials, most notably Dr. Anthony Fauci.
The update marks the Biden administration’s most definitive public stance on the pandemic’s origin. The newly launched page claims the virus emerged from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. It asserts that early efforts to investigate or mitigate the outbreak were hindered by both foreign obstruction and domestic mismanagement.
In a surprising addition to the page, an image of a presidential pardon for Dr. Fauci is prominently featured. The document, dated January 18, 2025, preemptively absolves the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director of any legal consequences of his role in the federal pandemic response. (See Website)
A White House spokesperson stated that the change aims to “promote transparency and historical accountability,” emphasizing that the administration is “committed to learning from past mistakes.”
The archived resources previously available on the COVID-19 website—including vaccine information, testing locations, and prevention tips—have been moved to a secondary government domain, with a redirect notice on the new origins page.
