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Two chimpanzees roam the grounds of Chimp Haven in Louisiana. Many former research chimpanzees have been sent to retire at the sanctuary.

The NIH is 'largely finished' moving its former research chimps to a sanctuary

Jan 27, 2022
All chimps managed by the National Institutes of Health that are currently eligible to go to a sanctuary have been moved there, but animal welfare advocates say more should be allowed to go.
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Race
Rachel Sklar, an environmental epidemiologist and postdoctoral scholar is seen at the San Quentin State Prison in California, collecting data on COVID-19 transmission in the state's prison population. Sklar, who is of Filipino descent, says she has been

Southeast Asians are underrepresented in STEM. The label 'Asian' boxes them out more

Dec 12, 2021
The way data on racial groups is typically collected in the U.S. has sidelined smaller Asian populations like Hmong, Lao and Filipino Americans for decades. Now, there are growing calls for change.
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Shots - Health News
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins served for 12 years under three presidents and presided over an expansion of the agency's budget and efforts to develop new cures to diseases.

The NIH director on why Americans aren't getting healthier, despite medical advances

Dec 07, 2021
As he prepares to leave his post of 12 years, Francis Collins reflects on the agency's biomedical advances, the dangers of polarizing medicine and the huge health gaps that still exist in the U.S.
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National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins is stepping down by the end of the year.

As he steps down as the head of NIH, he has a warning about future pandemics

Oct 05, 2021
Francis Collins has served longer than any other director of the National Institutes of Health since 1971. He tells NPR he did not anticipate the culture wars taking over scientific fact.
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Science
Human fetal tissue (stock photo)

Here's What You Should Know About Biden's New Rules For Fetal Tissue Research

Apr 16, 2021
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is reversing restrictions on the use of fetal tissue in medical research implemented under former President Trump.
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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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

'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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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.

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

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.

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.

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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Reid has been fighting leukemia since he was 9 years old. He remains optimistic about the new treatment.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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