Tag: NIH

Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., attends an event.

Chris Smith optimistic about three-decade quest for Lyme disease bill

Cassidy Morrison · November 5, 2019 5:00 am

A capuchin monkey sits in a cage in the police station after being recovered in street stall and will be transferred to Centro de AtenciÃ³n y DerivaciÃ³n de Animales, in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, April 10, 2018.

NIH fails to correct pattern of violating spending transparency law on government animal testing

Carlin Becker · October 30, 2019 1:33 pm

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

Beltway Confidential

The conservative case for funding the National Institutes of Health

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2019 6:29 pm

A rhesus macaque monkey walks past a supply shack used by scientists on Cayo Santiago, known as Monkey Island off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico. The 37-acre island has served since 1938 as a research colony where the monkeys, originally from India, are studied. Because the species is important for the testing of AIDS vaccines, the Cayo Santiago colony serves as a source of subjects for AIDS experiments in top U.S. laboratories.

Stop monkeying around with our tax dollars

Noelle Callahan · July 17, 2019 4:00 am

NIH fetal experimentation funding sponsors infanticide

David Daleiden · June 7, 2019 12:05 am

In this Aug. 10, 2015, photo, Christine Jelinek, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, prepares to load a tray of vials containing cerebral spinal fluid into a liquid chromatograph in Baltimore. Dr. Akhilesh Pandey, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University, said his research analyzes both adult and fetal tissue, and by identifying which proteins are present, he can get clues that could be used to help detect cancer in adults earlier.

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Another Trump promise kept: Getting the government out of the fetal-harvesting business

Frank Pavone · June 6, 2019 9:23 pm

"Our ability to withstand these losses is dependent on our achieving anticipated synergies in the Humana acquisition," Aetna's Mark Bertolini wrote. (AP Photo)

Bill moves to end NIH monkey business

Kimberly Leonard · May 31, 2019 4:00 am

President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington's Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, watches.

Trump to ask for ‘substantial new resources’ to fight HIV

Kimberly Leonard · February 6, 2019 2:24 pm

President Trump gives his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

Trump urges Congress to boost spending by $500M to fight childhood cancer

Kimberly Leonard · February 6, 2019 3:03 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., with, from left, Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., McConnell, John Thune, R-S.D., and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019.

Trump donates $100K of salary to alcoholism research

Diana Stancy Correll · January 27, 2019 9:09 pm

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins speak during a news conference in Trenton, N.J.

Is a God-fearing scientist the next casualty of the Trump White House?

Kimberly Leonard · December 20, 2018 1:57 am

A postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University works alongside a tray of vials containing cerebral spinal fluid in Baltimore. Dr. Akhilesh Pandey, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University, said his research analyzes both adult and fetal tissue, and by identifying which proteins are present, he can get clues that could be used to help detect cancer in adults earlier.

Lawmakers, witnesses spar over necessity of fetal tissue research

Kimberly Leonard · December 13, 2018 6:49 pm