The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said despite the images admired by Operation Warp Speed - the Trump administration’s attempt to deliver a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible – the federal government takes all necessary precautionary measures for security. In a broad interview Wednesday, NIH chief …
Read More »Scientists ask volunteers to become infected with coronavirus to test vaccines
A woman holds a small bottle labeled “COVID-19 Vaccine” and a medical syringe in this illustration taken on April 10, 2020. Given Ruvic | Reuters More than 100 prominent scientists, including 15 Nobel laureates, are calling healthy volunteers to expose themselves to the coronavirus to see if the Covid-19 vaccines …
Read More »A panel of outside government experts could determine who gets the COVID-19 vaccine first, says NIH director
Public health officials told a Senate committee Thursday that a panel of experts outside the United States government can help decide who gets the COVID-19 vaccine first. Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, acknowledged that the public might be wary of the US government having the …
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