A Chinese hacker accused of stealing COVID-19 research from American institutions has been extradited from Italy to face federal charges, Kash Patel announced.

The Trump administration is reviving charges that federal officials covered up the origins of COVID-19 by indicting a former top adviser to Anthony Fauci. Why it matters: The pandemic experience spawned distrust of public health officials that helped put President Trump back into office.

A highly mutated COVID-19 strain is circulating in California — raising concerns that disease activity could rise heading into the summer. The emergence of the BA.3.2 strain, nicknamed

David M. Morens is accused of trying to evade the Freedom of Information Act