On this episode of the podcast, Amanda Head sits down with Justin Goodman of the White Coat Waste Project to discuss explosive whistleblower allegations involving the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana.

Goodman details claims that NIH officials concealed a dangerous laboratory exposure involving Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever after a researcher was reportedly bitten by an infected monkey. He also breaks down allegations that three NIH experimenters smuggled virus samples from Africa back into the United States, triggering an FBI investigation and raising new concerns about oversight, transparency, and biosecurity at some of America’s highest-level research facilities.

The conversation dives into the culture surrounding Fauci-era leadership at the NIH, ongoing concerns over taxpayer-funded virus research, and why Goodman believes major reforms, budget cuts, and leadership changes are urgently needed. Goodman and Head also discuss the broader push for government accountability and what these revelations could mean for the future of federal public health agencies.

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