EcoHealth Alliance failed to make sure critical safety measures took place at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to the lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.

The New York-based nonprofit received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and subsequently funded the Wuhan Lab's infamous gain-of-function research.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General admitted:

We obtained a list of all NIH awards to EcoHealth and all subawards made by EcoHealth during Federal fiscal years 2014 through 2021 (audit period). Our audit covered three NIH awards to EcoHealth totaling approximately $8.0 million, which included $1.8 million of EcoHealth's subawards to eight subrecipients, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).