Tag: NIH

Sen. Lamar Alexander said he is talking with Democrats about funding for the National Institutes of Health. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)

Cures bill may come to Senate floor next month

Robert King · May 25, 2016 9:26 pm

Report shows that the NFL funded part of a brain injury study at NIH as part of a $30 million donation. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Dems: NFL improperly influenced brain research

Robert King · May 23, 2016 6:27 pm

Federal researchers need the money to start a large vaccine trial next year, Dr. Anthony Fauci says. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

NIH’s Fauci: Less Zika funding will slow vaccine research

Robert King · May 21, 2016 4:01 am

House lawmakers introduced a plan to provide more than $600 million to fight the Zika virus. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

House offers $622M Zika funding bill

Robert King · May 16, 2016 5:38 pm

There is long-running debate about what sort of science the NSF should be spending money on. Scientists are broadly united in resisting congressional involvement except to dole out large dollops of taxpayers' money. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A $149,000 question not worth asking

Washington Examiner · April 23, 2016 4:01 am

"We are starting to see [the disorders], but we don't know how frequent it is going to be, but at least we have seen them and that is concerning," said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Health's Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Zika may be linked to another brain disorder

Robert King · April 17, 2016 2:17 pm

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIH/NIAID, right, with Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC, say the Zika virus is a much bigger problem than they first imagined. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Feds say Zika virus ‘scarier than we initially thought’

Nicole Duran · April 11, 2016 6:17 pm

FDA doesn't need mandatory funding because it gets user fees and appropriations, Sen. Lamar Alexander says. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate leader opposes mandatory FDA funds

Robert King · April 7, 2016 4:01 am

New funding for the National Institutes of Health remains a sticking point. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senate panel advances medical innovation legislation

Robert King · April 6, 2016 4:07 pm

Half of parents with uninsured minority children don't know their kid is eligible, a new study says. (iStock Photo)

Parents of uninsured minority kids don’t know about federal programs

Robert King · April 4, 2016 3:37 pm

Dr. Ken Smith speaks with Vice President Joe Biden during a tour of the research lab at the Huntsman Cancer Institute on Feb. 26 in Salt Lake City as part of the White House's cancer "moonshot." (AP Photo)

Biden’s ‘cancer moonshot’ leaning on public-private funding for liftoff

Nicole Duran · April 4, 2016 4:01 am

Lawmakers want scientists to spend more time on research instead of administrative tasks. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Senate wants to help NIH with its paperwork

Robert King · March 31, 2016 3:51 pm