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Biden Orders More Research on Long COVID
A new presidential memorandum requires the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate a government-wide push to generate a research action plan for the condition.
Biden Orders More Research on Long COVID
Biden Orders More Research on Long COVID

A new presidential memorandum requires the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate a government-wide push to generate a research action plan for the condition.

A new presidential memorandum requires the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate a government-wide push to generate a research action plan for the condition.

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NIH Changes Extension Policy to Better Support Women PIs
Chloe Tenn | Sep 20, 2021 | 2 min read
The revision allows more time on previous extensions due to COVID-19 and other life events such as childbirth that disproportionately impact early-career women in science.  
Updated June 1
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Science Advisor Nominee Faces Tough Questions from Senate Panel
Jef Akst | Apr 30, 2021 | 2 min read
Senators raise concerns about how Eric Lander of the Broad Institute has handled equality issues.
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Opinion: Include Public Outreach Plans in Grant Requirements
Matthew Woodruff and Alexander Woodruff | Apr 29, 2021 | 3 min read
Tying federal research funding to scientists’ efforts to inform and engage the public can help fix widespread indifference to science.
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NIH Reverses Limits on Human Fetal Tissue Research
Amanda Heidt | Apr 19, 2021 | 3 min read
A new ruling removes the requirement that grants and proposals using the material receive approval from an ethical review board, reverting to the process in place before 2019.
President Biden Proposes Creating Two DARPA-Like Agencies
Lisa Winter | Apr 12, 2021 | 2 min read
These new initiatives would tackle problems relating to health and climate.
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Females Gain Ground as Biomedical Research Subjects
Shawna Williams | Jun 9, 2020 | 2 min read
A study finds improvement in the proportion of scientific projects that include both sexes, but analyzing results by sex is not routine.
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Opinion: Disclosures Scientists Must Make of Foreign Ties
Derek Adams and Kristen Schwendinger | Feb 12, 2020 | 5 min read
Federal science agencies vary in their requirements. Here’s how researchers can follow the rules.
Trump Proposes Significant Cuts to NIH for 2021 Budget
Jef Akst | Feb 11, 2020 | 2 min read
The president’s request for next year’s federal budget includes a 7 percent drop in funding for the National Institutes of Health and reductions for other science agencies.
Spending Bill Boosts US Science Budgets, Unlocks Gun Research
Ashley Yeager | Dec 17, 2019 | 2 min read
The legislative package for 2020 allots $25 million for gun-violence research, which has been on hold for more than two decades.
NIH Considering New Recommendations on Sexual Harassment Policies
Emily Makowski | Dec 16, 2019 | 2 min read
A working group has put forth suggestions for cracking down on misconduct, such as requiring grant applicants to disclose sexual harassment findings.
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NIH Official Resigned After Sexual Misconduct Probe
Shawna Williams | Nov 6, 2019 | 2 min read
Staff were told in August that the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s scientific director Antonello Bonci was leaving to pursue a new opportunity, with no mention of the complaints against him.
Academia to FBI on Monitoring Chinese Scientists: “Tread Carefully”
Jef Akst | Aug 12, 2019 | 2 min read
Nearly two dozen higher education groups warn the government to be cautious when advising US research universities to keep an eye on students and faculty with ties to certain Chinese institutions.
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More Scientists Dismissed for Undisclosed Foreign Ties, Says NIH
Chia-Yi Hou | Jun 28, 2019 | 2 min read
esearchers who failed to disclose affiliations and funding sources from other countries are under investigation, and some universities are letting them go discreetely and refunding grant money to the agency.
Harassment Common for National Institutes of Health Employees
Catherine Offord | Jun 13, 2019 | 2 min read
More than 20 percent of survey respondents said they had experienced some form of harassment within the last 12 months.
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US House Moves to Block New Reviews of Fetal Tissue Research
Shawna Williams | Jun 13, 2019 | 1 min read
An amendment to the 2020 funding bill would prohibit the Trump administration from convening ethics advisory boards to review funding proposals involving the tissues.
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NIH Scientists Banned from Studying Human Fetal Tissue
Kerry Grens | Jun 6, 2019 | 2 min read
External researchers funded by US federal grants can continue their experiments under tighter scrutiny.
Emory Researchers Removed After Failing to Disclose Chinese Funding
Catherine Offord | May 24, 2019 | 2 min read
This marks the second known instance in which an institution has acted on NIH’s concern about foreign influence over US-based researchers.
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Lawmakers Push NIH to Reduce Nonhuman Primate Research
Chia-Yi Hou | May 10, 2019 | 1 min read
A spending bill approved by a House committee would require the agency to “accelerate” the replacement of nonhuman primates in laboratories starting in October.
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White House to Convene Committee to Address Research Obstacles
Shawna Williams | May 7, 2019 | 1 min read
The National Science and Technology Council will bring together agency leaders to “focus on improving the safety, integrity, and productivity of research settings.”
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