U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R–KY), who has accused scientists of conducting dangerous research that created the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19, asked Science to divulge a range of confidential information about its scholarly articles and external private communications on that family of viruses.

His letter seeks all relevant manuscripts submitted to Science, including unpublished ones; peer-reviewer comments and details of editorial decisions; and any coronavirus-related emails to and from certain groups and scientists, including Anthony Fauci, formerly a top official at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Paul has alleged Fauci helped direct NIH funding to coronavirus research in China and that this work sparked the pandemic when SARS-CoV-2 leaked from a lab.

Paul’s letter to Sudip Parikh, CEO of AAAS, the journal’s publisher, asked for a response by 7 January 2026. That deadline is unrealistic, says Bruce Alberts, a biochemist who was Science’s editor-in-chief from 2008–13.

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