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Collins Retires From NIH, Asks for Respect for Staff Being Cut

Famed NIH Geneticist Retires,
Asks Respect for Colleagues

Mar 1, 2025 4:30 PM CST

Famed NIH Geneticist Retires, Asks Respect for Colleagues

Francis Collins led agency for 12 years, helped lead COVID battle

(Newser) - Dr. Francis Collins, the famed geneticist who headed up the National Institutes of Health for 12 years and three presidents, announced his resignation on Saturday. He became one of the faces of the battle against COVID-19 during the pandemic, the New York Times reports, shepherding the development of tests, vaccines,...

Fauci Says US Could Face a 'Fifth Wave' as Omicron Strain Spreads

Fauci Says US Could
Face 'Fifth Wave' as
Omicron Spreads

the rundown

Nov 28, 2021 12:10 PM CST

Fauci Says US Could Face 'Fifth Wave' as Omicron Spreads

More cases are detected in several nations

(Newser) - With nations around the world rushing to limit the spread of the latest coronavirus variant, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the US has "the potential to go into a fifth wave" of the pandemic. The omicron strain, first detected in South Africa, has not been found in the...

NIH Director Is
Calling It Quits

Oct 5, 2021 1:08 AM CDT

NIH Director Is Calling It Quits

Francis Collins has served 12 years

(Newser) - The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis S. Collins, says he is stepping down by the end of the year, having led the research center for 12 years and become a prominent source of public information during the coronavirus pandemic, the AP reports. “There comes a...

In the Name of Science,
Biden to Bring a Big WH First

Jan 16, 2021 9:00 AM CST

In the Name of Science, Biden to Bring a Big WH First

Eric Lander will be Joe Biden's science adviser, and it'll be a Cabinet-level position

(Newser) - President-elect Joe Biden says "science will always be at the forefront of my administration," and he's elevating the post of science adviser to Cabinet level, a White House first. Biden, who planned to introduce his team Saturday, said the scientists "will ensure everything we do is...

NIH Boss Boycotts All-Male Speaking Panels

Head of Health
Research Agency:
No More 'Manels'

Jun 13, 2019 4:44 PM CDT

Head of Health Research Agency: No More 'Manels'

Francis Collins will boycott all-male speaking panels, he announces

(Newser) - If a scientific panel doesn't include women, it won't include the director of the National Institutes of Health as a speaker. Francis Collins posted his decision online, NBC reports. "Too often, women and members of other groups underrepresented in science are conspicuously missing in the marquee speaking...

Obama's Health Czar Brings
God Into Lab

OPINION

Jul 15, 2009 9:00 AM CDT

Obama's Health Czar Brings God Into Lab

Choice of geneticist a breakthrough for evangelicals: Gerson

(Newser) - Francis Collins, President Obama's nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, is a pioneering biologist who led the team that mapped the human genome. He's also an evangelical Christian—a rarity among scientists, only 7% of whom say they believe in God. For Michael Gerson of the Washington Post,...