Category: Francis Collins

NIH Director Says FDA Could Decide on ‘Booster’ COVID-19 Shots in Near Future

The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could decide in the coming weeks whether to authorize COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to more Americans in the fall. Dr. Francis Collins told “Fox News Sunday” that FDA officials are reviewing U.S. COVID-19 cases and vaccines “almost daily,” stipulating…


‘I Know It Seems Weird’: NIH Director Suggests Parents Wear Masks at Home Around Children

The head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggested Tuesday that parents should wear masks while at home around children even if they don’t have COVID-19. “It’s clear that this variant is capable of causing serious illness in children. You heard those stories coming out of Louisiana pediatric ICUs, where there are kids as…


NIH Director Issues Clarification: Parents Don’t Have to Wear Masks at Home Around Children

Update: NIH Francis Collins walked back his statement to CNN about parents wearing masks around children at home. “Let me clarify the masking message that I garbled on @NewDay this morning. Vaccinated parents who live in communities with high COVID transmission rates should mask when out in public indoor settings to minimize risks to their…


NIH Director Denies Rejecting Theory That CCP Virus Escaped From Lab

The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Wednesday denied rejecting the theory that the virus that causes COVID-19 escaped from a laboratory while labeling the theory an “extraordinary” one. Dr. Francis Collins, who was appointed to the post during the Obama administration, sent an email to people inside the NIH in April 2020…