The White House on Tuesday held a summit with vaccine manufacturers and scientists as it set its sights on next-generation Covid vaccines that could offer much broader protection against the...

"No federally funded research means far fewer research breakthroughs. Far fewer research breakthroughs means far fewer new, effective treatments."

Just days after President Trump imposed broad restrictions on communications, meetings, travel and public appearances at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is clarifying the extent of the freeze’s effect.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has been stripped of his federal security detail despite ongoing threats to his life over his role in the COVID-19 pandemic.

For decades now, the National Institutes of health has funded a lot of research on illnesses and vaccines, allowing researchers to run different clinical trials and develop treatments to save millions of lives.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration.

A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of Pittsburgh and NIH Vaccine Research Center researchers report in Science.

"The government cannot be a welfare program for everybody doing low quality, low credibility, irreproducible, low value of information research," says epidemiologist who supports reform of NIH "study sections.

At today's confirmation hearing, Democratic senators were skeptical of the HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claim that he is now pro-vaccine.

The physical and mental health of any nation depends on the trust of its people in the institutions created to protect them. It depends on the quality of the officials who lead and staff these institutions. It depends on the rigor and experience of its researchers, technicians, and healthcare professionals.

The interim leader of the National Institutes of Health gave some clarification tied to Trump administrations restrictions on travel and communications, but questions remain.

Kennedy, President Donald Trump's pick to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Senate confirmation hearings are scheduled Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 29-30.