COVID proves clinical trials must proactively recruit people of color
In the year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent death of more than 500,000 Americans, researchers around the world have raced to develop vaccines at an unprecedented pace. But...
View ArticleNew NIH study to gauge risk of allergic reactions to Pfizer, Moderna vaccines
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Wednesday that it's launching a study to gauge the risk of allergic reactions to the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines among certain individuals.The...
View ArticleNIH to make announcement on fetal tissue research policy amid Trump-era...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to make an announcement on its fetal tissue research policy following a Trump administration ban, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra...
View ArticleNIH reverses Trump administration's ban on fetal tissue research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) officially rescinded the ban on using fetal tissues in research on Friday, reversing a Trump-era policy instituted almost two years ago.President Biden’s NIH...
View ArticleFor future medical breakthroughs, we must rebuild research lost to COVID
Perhaps even more than past breakthroughs, the novel COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have inspired immediate and widespread relief and optimism. Biomedical scientists labored for decades to develop the...
View ArticleNIH readies grants for more research on long-term health effects of COVID-19
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is preparing to offer more than $1 billion in grants within three weeks for more research into the long-term health issues after a COVID-19 infection, commonly...
View ArticleTo prepare for future pandemics we must support physician-scientists
Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Türeci are the physician-scientist husband-wife duo who leveraged years of research innovating cancer immunotherapy to bring the world the Pfizer BioNtech mRNA vaccine against...
View ArticleWatch live: Fauci, Francis Collins testify before House panel
President Biden chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci and National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins on Tuesday are slated to testify before a House panel on the NIH budget request. The...
View ArticleTo support future medical advances, revamp the rules for funding research
Bold, young scientists have the potential to revolutionize scientific research and accelerate the pace of innovation. They have disruptive ideas and a unique blend of intellect, knowledge, imagination,...
View ArticleNIH awards $470M to NYU Langone Health to build long COVID-19 study population
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded almost $470 million to New York University (NYU) Langone Health to build a national study population of tens of thousands of people to research the...
View ArticleBiden calls NIH Director Frances Collins 'one of the most important...
President Biden on Tuesday commended Frances Collins for his service as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in a lengthy and personal statement issued by the White House after the top...
View ArticleWe can live with viruses — COVID isn't the first, or last, threat
Pfizer recently announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing data on its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 and that authorization could be granted by Halloween. As more and...
View ArticleNIH long-term study on children who had COVID-19 enrolls first participant
A long-term National Institutes of Health (NIH) study on the impacts of COVID-19 on children and young adults enrolled its first participant, the agency announced on Monday.The NIH’s research intends...
View ArticleBecerra names incoming acting NIH director
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on Thursday named the incoming acting National Institutes of Health (NIH) director slated to fill in for Francis Collins. Lawrence Tabak, who...
View ArticleNIH director says COVID-19 is the enemy, not the 'people in the other...
Francis Collins, the outgoing director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), stressed during an interview on Sunday that people should view the pandemic as the enemy instead of fighting amongst...
View ArticleLieu, Mace call on NIH to phase out animal experiments
A group of eight lawmakers led by Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.) and Republican Rep. Nancy Mace (S.C.) sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Feb. 10, calling for the agency to...
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