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House Republicans demand career scientist explain pathogen research

31.05.2023

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are ratcheting up pressure on federal agencies’ pandemic response with an unprecedented move: interrogating a career poxvirus scientist’s infectious disease work. In a letter to federal …

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Coronavirus

Key House Democrat demands NIH answer for pace of long Covid research

11.05.2023

WASHINGTON — A powerful Democratic lawmaker is interrogating the National Institutes of Health over its slow progress in addressing long Covid, citing a recent STAT investigation into the agency’s lack …

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Coronavirus / Health

The NIH has poured $1 billion into long Covid research — with little to show for it

20.04.2023

WASHINGTON — The federal government has burned through more than $1 billion to study long Covid, an effort to help the millions of Americans who experience brain fog, fatigue, and …

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Biotech / First Opinion

Opinion: Strengthen science by funding living evidence synthesis

27.03.2023

A recent high-profile paper suggesting that science is becoming dramatically less disruptive set the academic world abuzz. One interpretation of this finding — though by no means the only one …

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Coronavirus

Revamped Covid panel argues for research limits, even bans

08.03.2023

WASHINGTON — Pathogen-altering research is back under fire here, as Republican lawmakers argue it should be banned until policymakers and scientists work out whether these types of studies have helped …

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Coronavirus / In the Lab

Federal panel approves plans to safeguard lab-made virus research

28.01.2023

A panel of federal advisers voted unanimously Friday to advance a set of proposals to bolster government oversight of pathogen research that could make viruses more transmissible. The advisers, a …

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Coronavirus

HHS needs better oversight of research that alters pathogens, government watchdog says

19.01.2023

WASHINGTON — The health department’s oversight of research that could enhance dangerous pathogens has vague parameters, a lack of transparency, and “does not fully meet the key elements of effective …

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First Opinion

Opinion: NIH advances landmark recommendations on disability inclusion and anti-ableism

03.01.2023

A diverse and inclusive workforce benefits science and research. But unless it includes people living with a disability — the largest minority group in the U.S. and around the world …

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Coronavirus

Priorities pile up for HHS, FDA, CMS, NIH, and other health agencies

03.01.2023

WASHINGTON — The nation’s health agencies already have a long to-do list for 2023. Top officials have promised reforms in the food, drug, and public health departments as frustrations mount …

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