Axios

The Department of Energy over the weekend concluded in a "low confidence" assessment that COVID-19 most likely originated from a laboratory in China. But government agencies remain largely split on where the pandemic came from.

• Plus, new data shows the rise in sexual violence against girls in America.
• And, Black artists you love in honor of Black History Month.

Guests: Axios' Tina Reed and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh's Elizabeth Miller.

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