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    Religion
    National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins speaks during a Senate hearing earlier this year. On Thursday, Collins called on religious leaders to keep their worship spaces closed, despite rising protests from some church leaders.
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    NIH Director Tells Churches To Do The "Altruistic, Loving Thing" And Stay Closed

    Dec 03, 2020
    His comments came even as the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a federal district court to reexamine its previous support for restrictions on indoor religious services in California.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, speaks during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 14, 2020 about his concerns that Health and Human Services le
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    Government Scientist Tops Up Whistle-Blower Complaint And Quits NIH

    Oct 06, 2020
    Government scientist Rick Bright resigns from NIH claiming political goals are getting in the way of science. Bright was ousted from a different department at HHS earlier this year.
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    Goats and Soda
    This Bornean horseshoe bat and other bat species can harbor coronaviruses. The nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance had its NIH research money cut for a project in China on bats and coronaviruses this spring — but just got a new multimillion dollar grant
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    Group Whose NIH Grant For Virus Research Was Revoked Just Got A New Grant

    Aug 29, 2020
    EcoHealth Alliance is one of 11 recipients of funds to set up the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases. But the grant won't let them revisit earlier research on bats and coronavirus.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holds a bottle of hydroxychloroquine while raising concerns about its use.
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    NIH Halts Hydroxychloroquine Study; Says 'Unlikely' To Help COVID-19 Patients

    Jun 20, 2020
    The NIH said that while the anti-malarial drug did not cause harm to patients in the study, testing showed little evidence that it would benefit patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
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    Shots - Health News
    The first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, receives an injection in May. Pfizer's candidate for a coronavirus vaccine is one of number that are in vari
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    NIH Director Hopes For At Least 1 Safe And Effective Vaccine By Year's End

    Jun 04, 2020
    Dr. Francis Collins says some candidates for a coronavirus vaccine will be ready to start large-scale human trials as early as next month. Scaling up production may start before tests are complete.
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    Goats and Soda
    This Bornean horseshoe bat and other bat species can harbor coronaviruses. The nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance had U.S. government funding for an ongoing research project in China on bats and coronaviruses — until the money was cut on April 25.
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    Why The U.S. Government Stopped Funding A Research Project On Bats And Coronaviruses

    Apr 29, 2020
    The project, run by the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, aimed to identify places to monitor, come up with strategies to prevent spillover of the virus and get a jump on creating vaccines and treatments.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of President Trump's coronavirus task force, directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which had convened the panel of experts.
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    NIH Panel Recommends Against Drug Combination Promoted By Trump For COVID-19

    Apr 21, 2020
    The group of experts, assembled under the agency run by Dr. Anthony Fauci, warns that using a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin could result in potential toxicities.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins speak during a news conference in 2017.
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    NIH Launches Effort To Speed Up Development Of COVID-19 Treatments

    Apr 17, 2020
    Federal agencies and 16 big pharma companies will collaborate on drugs and vaccines, says Dr. Francis Collins, head of the National Institutes of Health.
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    Shots - Health News
    In 1989, Fauci and then-U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis W. Sullivan (right) announced results of studies showing that the antiviral drug AZT had delayed the onset of disease in some people with HIV.
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    Long Before COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci 'Changed Medicine In America Forever'

    Apr 16, 2020
    New Yorker writer Michael Specter covered Fauci's early work in the AIDS epidemic. "He's always taken an open-minded approach to the problems," Specter says of the infectious-disease expert.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    President Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus this week.
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    Setting The Record Straight In Another Week Of Trump And Coronavirus

    Apr 04, 2020
    There are lots of questions about the novel coronavirus that we try to answer, including whether we should wear masks, if the U.S. is testing enough and if there's a drug that can treat COVID-19.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    A pharmacist gives Jennifer Haller, left, the first shot in the first-stage study of a potential coronavirus vaccine on March 16, 2020, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle.
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    'I Wanted To Do Something,' Says Mother Of 2 Who Is First To Test Coronavirus Vaccine

    Mar 21, 2020
    The first woman to receive the experimental treatment says she was driven to volunteer for the Phase 1 trial out of a sense of helplessness.
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    Shots - Health News
    Victoria Gray, who has sickle cell disease, volunteered for one of the most anticipated medical experiments in decades: the first attempt to use the gene-editing technique CRISPR to treat a genetic disorder in the United States.
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    A Young Mississippi Woman's Journey Through A Pioneering Gene-Editing Experiment

    Dec 25, 2019
    NPR tells the exclusive, behind-the-scenes story of the first person with a genetic disorder to be treated in the United States with the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR.
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    Shots - Health News
    A recent study looked at funding rates for <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r01.htm">R01 grant</a> applications, which are designed to support "health-related research and development based on the mission of the NIH." In general, population
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    What's Behind The Research Funding Gap For Black Scientists?

    Oct 18, 2019
    Black scientists more often seek grants for community health studies, but molecular-level research proposals win more funding. More diversity throughout the process could help close the gap, says NIH.
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    Shots - Health News
    Rep. John Dingell was seated next to President Barack Obama when he signed the Affordable Care Act into law at the White House on March 23, 2010.
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    Former Rep. John Dingell Left An Enduring Health Care Legacy

    Feb 08, 2019
    During the 1980s and early 1990s, Rep. John Dingell was instrumental in expanding the Medicaid program, reshaping Medicare and modernizing the Food and Drug Administration. He died Thursday night.
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    Shots - Health News
    Aaron Reid, 20, rests in an exam room in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md.
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    Update: A Young Man's Experiment With A 'Living Drug' For Leukemia

    Sep 14, 2018
    After trying one treatment after another for his leukemia, 20-year old Aaron Reid enrolled in a study to test an experimental therapy using modified cells from his own body.
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    Shots - Health News
    Reid has been fighting leukemia since he was 9 years old. He remains optimistic about the new treatment.
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    Scientists Race To Improve 'Living Drugs' To Fight Cancer

    Aug 16, 2018
    Researchers are working on better ways to teach patients' immune systems to root out and kill malignant cells. A promising approach involves cells that attack cancer two ways at one time.
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    Shots - Health News
    Party's over for a federal study about the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption.
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    Credibility Concerns Lead NIH To End Study Of Alcohol's Health Effects

    Jun 15, 2018
    Scientists and National Institutes of Health officials met with alcohol company executives and appeared to solicit money from them in violation of government policy. The NIH canceled the study.
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    Shots - Health News
    Thembelani Sibanda, of Soweto, South Africa, shows an HIV-preventing drug he takes to reduce the risk of becoming infected with HIV, an approach called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP.
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    Why An Imperfect HIV Vaccine Could Be Better Than None At All

    Mar 21, 2018
    Public health interventions and antiviral drugs have put HIV on the ropes in the U.S. But it's unlikely that infections can be wiped out without a vaccine.
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    Shots - Health News
    "This bill represents a significant bipartisan step forward," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday.
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    Senate Budget Deal Would Give A Boost To Health Programs

    Feb 08, 2018
    The Senate agreement is now before the House, which needs to act by midnight to avert a shutdown. The deal appears to include almost every health priority Democrats have been pushing in recent months.
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    Shots - Health News
    Technicians examine part of a 74-foot-long freezer. Robots inside the freezer will handle millions of specimens and store them in even colder freezers inside.
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    Researchers Gather Health Data For 'All Of Us'

    Dec 31, 2017
    Federal researchers are collecting blood samples from 1 million Americans as part of an effort called "precision medicine." But some critics worry that the path ahead is expensive and unclear.
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    Shots - Health News
    Alex Azar, who was deputy secretary for Health and Human Services in the George W. Bush administration, is President Trump's pick to replace Dr. Tom Price as head of the department.
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    Trump Picks Alex Azar To Lead Health And Human Services

    Nov 13, 2017
    If the former drug company executive is confirmed by the Senate, he would replace Dr. Tom Price, who resigned in September after a scandal involving government travel on private aircraft.
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    Tackle Negative Thinking Head-On To Boost Diversity In Biomedicine

    Sep 16, 2017
    One California university is trying a new strategy to help minority students perform better in STEM classes and develop the mental resilience to face future challenges.
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    The Two-Way
    A $30 million partnership between the NFL and the National Institutes of Health is set to expire at the end of August, with much of the NFL's pledged money unspent. Above, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in February.
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    NFL, NIH End Partnership For Concussion Research With $16M Unspent

    Jul 29, 2017
    The relationship has been fraught with disputes about which research should be funded. Four House members have asked NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell whether the league plans to honor its commitment.
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    Shots - Health News
    A sometimes lethal strain of H7N9 bird flu that has infected about 1,500 people in China doesn't spread easily among humans — yet. But research published Thursday suggests just a few genetic mutations might be enough to make it quite contagious.
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    A Few Genetic Tweaks To Chinese Bird Flu Virus Could Fuel A Human Pandemic

    Jun 15, 2017
    Three genetic changes could be enough to make a bird flu strain that's already killing some people in China highly contagious. Are experiments with a deliberately mutated version too risky?
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    Shots - Health News
    Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, is promoting a campaign to get the National Institutes of Health to exercise the patent rights it already owns in regards to certain drugs to bring down their price.
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    One Way To Force Down Drug Prices: Have The U.S. Exercise Its Patent Rights

    Mar 16, 2017
    Some members of Congress say the U.S. government should use the patent rights it owns for any drugs that were developed with federal grants to drive down the prices of those drugs.
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