Tag: National Institutes for Health

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

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…


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

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…


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

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…


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

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…


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

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…