Category: National Institutes for Health

Concerns Raised in Congress as 2 Youths Commit Suicide in Taxpayer-Funded Cross-Sex Hormone Study

May 10, 2023
Education & Family NewsNational Institutes for HealthPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsRepublican lawmakersealthRepublicansSocial IssuesstudysuicidetransgenderUSUS News
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Lawmakers are demanding answers after the suicide deaths of two young people involved in a transgender hormone study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additionally, 11 participants reported suicidal thoughts during the study, according to a January article by researchers published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). In a letter to Dr. Lawrence Tabak, acting…

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Two Youths Commit Suicide in Taxpayer-Funded Cross-Sex Hormone Study

May 10, 2023
Education & Family NewsNational Institutes for HealthPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsRepublican lawmakersealthRepublicansSocial IssuesstudysuicidetransgenderUSUS News
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Lawmakers are demanding answers after the suicide deaths of two young people involved in a transgender hormone study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additionally, 11 participants reported suicidal thoughts during the study, according to a January article by researchers published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). In a letter to Dr. Lawrence Tabak, acting…

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Ernst Gives Latest ‘Squeal Award’ to HHS for Failing to Bar Federal Funding of Wuhan Lab, as Recommended by Watchdog

February 14, 2023
AMERICACCP VirusChinacongresscoronavirusCOVID-19Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes for HealthPandemic Ties to CCPPoliticsRepublicansSecretary Xavier BecerraSen. Joni Ernstsqueal awardU.S. Agency for International DevelopmentUSWuhan Institute for Virology
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Feb. 14 may be a day for romantic gifts, but that’s not what Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) gave Secretary Xavier Becerra and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for failing to bar China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) from receiving any more federal funds. The Iowa Republican gave Becerra and HHS her latest…

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NIH Failed to Monitor EcoHealth Funding, Did Not Understand the Research Being Done: HHS-OIG Report

January 25, 2023
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)EcoHealth AllianceHHS Inspector-GeneralNational Institutes for HealthUSWuhan Institute for Virology
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National Institutes for Health (NIH) officials failed to monitor EcoHealth funding awards properly and thus could not fully understand the research being conducted by the nonprofit at U.S. taxpayers’ expense, according to investigators with the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OIG). “Despite identifying potential risks associated with research…

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NIH Failed to Monitor EcoHealth Funding, Didn’t Understand the Research Being Done: HHS-OIG Report

January 25, 2023
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)EcoHealth AllianceHHS Inspector-GeneralNational Institutes for HealthUSWuhan Institute for Virology
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National Institutes for Health (NIH) officials failed to monitor EcoHealth funding awards properly and thus couldn’t fully understand the research being conducted by the nonprofit at U.S. taxpayers’ expense, according to investigators with the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OIG). “Despite identifying potential risks associated with research being…

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