Category: NIH

NIH Director Francis Collins Calls for New COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins said the United States should adopt more COVID-19 vaccine mandates and said he supports private entities requiring the shots. Collins, when asked about mandates during a Sunday interview, said that “I think we ought to use every public health tool we can when people are dying.” “Well,…


‘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…


National Institutes of Health Head: Businesses Should Require Vaccine Credentials From Customers

The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggested that some businesses require vaccine credentials from customers. In recent weeks, some businesses—including a restaurant group and Broadway venues in New York City—have said that customers, not just employees, will have to provide proof they received the COVID-19 vaccine to enter their premises. When asked by…


France Warned US in 2015 About Wuhan Lab It Helped Build, Former COVID-19 Investigator Claims

The U.S. federal government should have stopped funding research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2015 when China reduced its cooperation with the French in building and operating the lab, according to the leader of an investigation into COVID-19’s origins by the State Department under the Trump administration. In 2015, French intelligence officials warned…


Rep. Jordan Begins Investigation Into Lack of Oversight of Taxpayer-Funded Gain of Function Research

Two House Republican leaders launched a congressional inquiry into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) failure to review grants of American tax dollars funding potential gain of function (GOF) research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.) pressed HHS Senior Science…


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…


Senate Adopts GOP Amendment Banning US Funding of China’s Gain-of-Function Cell Research

An amendment to the Endless Frontier Act being debated by the U.S. Senate to ban the use of U.S. tax dollars to fund “gain-of-function” research in China was adopted by the chamber on a voice vote on May 25. The amendment was introduced by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and co-sponsored by Republicans Ron Johnson of…


Video: Live Q&A: 500 Scientists Flagged for Hostile Ties; Trump Asks for More Security In AZ Audit

More than 500 scientists have been flagged by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for ties to China and other hostile countries in ongoing investigations meant to stop intellectual property theft. And former President Donald Trump is calling for increased security in Arizona as an audit of the 2020 election now moves forward. In this…


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…