Trump signs order restricting research that enhances pathogens

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that bans federal funding for gain-of-function research that typically enhances pathogens.

The order also paused any research using "infectious pathogens and toxins in the United States" that could be dangerous to citizens "until a safer, more enforceable, and transparent policy governing such research can be developed and implemented," according to a fact sheet released by the White House.