A Fox News review of court records, health reports and interviews with people who did business with Universal Meditech Inc. (UMI), a California medical supply firm, raises serious questions about its legitimacy and Chinese ties – as well as an apparently illicit biolab.
The underground biolab in the central California town of Reedley – population 25,000 – was discovered late last year and immediately set off alarm bells with local officials who said they were unaware of what was taking
A Chinese-backed biolab in California was awarded over half a million dollars in US taxpayer cash, records show.
The black market lab – which was raided earlier this year – was found to be making illegal Covid and pregnancy tests and storing disease-riddled mice and hundreds of samples of pathogens, blood, and other dubious chemicals.
Public records show that the company linked to the lab received nearly $150,000 from the US government under a Covid-era loan program, receiving two separate
Tens of thousands of Americans may have used Covid and pregnancy tests made at a filthy, Chinese-run biolab that housed dangerous viruses like HIV and malaria.
The research facility was busted earlier this year in the sleepy California town of Reedley, where investigators found disease-riddled mice and hundreds of samples of pathogens, blood, and dubious chemicals piled up in storage boxes and fridges.
The lab was run by Universal Meditech Inc, a company with strong ties to China, which made
Authorities have discovered an illegal Chinese-linked biomedical lab in Central California filled with unlicensed mice, medical waste, refrigerators, and other infectious agents.
The discovery came after months of investigation into the lab in Reedley, California, that was suspected to be running an illegal operation.
An illegal facility run in California. (KMPH)
Reedley City Manager Nicole Zieba confirmed to Fox News Digital that the facility was being leased by Prestige Biotech, a Chinese-linked company registered in Nevada.
Joe Prado, Assistant Director
