Category: National Institutes of Health

Judge Sides With NIH, Agrees to Redact Name of Chinese Researcher

A U.S. judge has sided with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and ordered the sealing of a Chinese scientist’s name, even though the name was made public by the NIH in 2020. U.S. Magistrate Judge John Anderson on July 22 ordered documents listing the name placed under seal, granting a motion by the NIH. The…


‘White Coat Waste Project’ Brings More Congressional Attention to Overseas Labs Conducting Experiments on Animals

Congressional efforts to investigate and even cease federal funding of some overseas labs have increased since White Coat Waste Project (WCW) disclosed several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)-obtained documents detailing what the watchdog group described as “cruel and barbaric” experiments on animals. On March 15, President Joe Biden signed into law a $1.5 trillion federal…


Feed Stores: Livestock Ivermectin Flying off Shelves for Unapproved Human Use

Feed stores around the country are discouraging shoppers from buying ivermectin formulated for livestock, for use in treating or preventing COVID-19 in humans. But despite their strictly worded warnings, they’re finding it’s difficult to keep the products made for horses, cows, sheep, and other animals in stock, workers at retailers specializing in animal products told…


NIH Director Says Omicron Unlikely the Last Variant of COVID-19

The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) says that Omicron is likely not the last variant that will emerge from the original coronavirus. “It’s certainly possible that this is not the last emerging variant that will attract a lot of attention and a lot of concern,” Dr. Francis Collins said in an interview…


Feds Seek to Block Promotion of a Nasal Spray Against COVID-19

The leading United States manufacturer of xylitol-based products says the federal government is deliberately trying to conceal a nasal spray it developed that it says has been scientifically proven to be effective in treating and preventing COVID-19. In an Oct. 28, 2021, lawsuit filed in federal court, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct. 5)

A Facebook whistleblower testifies before the Senate, the director of the National Institutes of Health will step down by the end of the year, and the Department of Justice launches an effort with the FBI to combat threats parents have directed toward school board members.


Hundreds of Taxpayer-Funded US Scientists Likely Compromised by China: NIH

More than 500 U.S. federally funded scientists have been flagged over their financial ties with China and other foreign adversaries, the National Institutes of Health has revealed. As of April, the federal health agency has reached out to 90 institutions that receive government grants regarding 200 researchers. It has also removed 100 from the “NIH…


Hundreds of US Scientists Feared Compromised by China: NIH

More than 500 U.S. federally funded scientists have been flagged over their financial ties with China and other foreign adversaries, the National Institutes of Health has revealed. As of April, the federal health agency has reached out to 90 institutions that receive government grants regarding 200 researchers. It has also removed 100 from the “NIH…


Hundreds of US Scientists May Be Compromised by China: NIH

More than 500 U.S. federally funded scientists have been flagged over their financial ties with China and other foreign adversaries, the National Institutes of Health says. As of this month, the federal health agency has reached out to 90 institutions that receive government grants, regarding 200 researchers. It also has removed 100 from the “NIH…


US Grant to Wuhan Lab to Enhance Bat-Based Coronaviruses Was Never Scrutinized by HHS Review Board: NIH

An oversight board created to scrutinize research that would enhance highly dangerous pathogens did not review a National Institutes of Health grant that funded a lab in Wuhan, China, to genetically modify bat-based coronaviruses. Experts say the NIH grant describes scientists conducting gain-of-function research, a risky area of study that, in this case, made SARS-like…