Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines. Such an overhaul could imperil the development of life-saving treatments,
The past three administrations have tried to limit gain-of-function research. The second Trump administration might be the first one to be successful at doing so.
President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him on the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Trump swept into the White House with a whirlwind of a first week, quickly making good on a number of campaign promises while embracing the trappings of the presidency. Trump’s first full week of his second term saw him sign dozens of executive orders,
President Joe Biden granted pardons to several prominent public servants Monday who have faced attacks from President-elect Donald Trump in one of his final acts in office.
For decades, researchers with funding from the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have labored ... Straight, white men are still overrepresented in clinical research ...
These and other major medical breakthroughs exist in large part thanks to a major division of the National Institutes of Health, the largest funder of biomedical research on the planet.
The newly sworn-in president’s retribution tour has already begun, starting with his former officials who hurt his feelings
Dr. Matthew Memoli, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases researcher focused on flu and other respiratory viruses, has been named acting director of the nearly $50 billion agency.
Trump said he would not feel responsible if anything happened to Fauci as a result of his federal security clearances being cut.
The president removed the security detail that has protected the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who was one of the nation’s top health officials for decades, had received death threats during the coronavirus pandemic. He has hired his own security detail.