Tag: Francis Collins

Kulldorff & Bhattacharya Respond: The Collins and Fauci Attack on Traditional Public Health

Commentary On Oct. 4, 2020, with Prof. Sunetra Gupta of Oxford University, we wrote the Great Barrington Declaration (GBD). Our purpose was to express our grave concerns over the inadequate protection of the vulnerable and the devastating harms of the lockdown pandemic policy adopted by much of the world; We proposed an alternative strategy of…


Dr. Francis Collins Leaving NIH Before Christmas; Biden Administration Names Replacement

The head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will serve his last day on Dec. 19, the Biden administration announced Thursday. Dr. Francis Collins, the NIH commissioner, previously announced he was stepping down but the exact date he would resign was unclear. The Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the NIH, said…


NIH Says Moderna Wrongly Left Off Government Scientists From COVID-19 Vaccine Patent

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Moderna are engaged in a dispute over which scientists developed Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, with the conflict possibly heading to court. Moderna and government scientists collaborated on the development of the shot and the government asked the company to include a trio of scientists on its patent application. But…


Dr. Collins Appears to Admit NIH Funded Gain-of-Function Experiments in Wuhan

Dr. Francis Collins appeared to acknowledge this week that the U.S. agency he heads funded gain-of-function experiments in Wuhan, China, which runs counter to claims he and a subordinate made earlier this year. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the agency Collins directs, revealed last week that money it gave to EcoHealth Alliance supported risky…


NIH Gain-of-Function Statement on EcoHealth, Wuhan Lab, Inadvertently Reveals Cover-Up

Commentary After nearly two years of denials, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s parent organization, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has finally conceded that it had funded gain-of-function experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. As these admissions were made, NIH officials told Congress that the viruses being experimented on were too genetically distant to have possibly…


Fauci Pushes Back After New Documents on US-Funded Virus Research in China Fuel Criticism

Top American health officials who critics say misled Congress with claims regarding U.S.-funded virus research in China are pushing back after documents were released appearing to show that the United States did pay for gain-of-function research, contrary to the officials’ testimony. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) sent the documents last week to lawmakers. They…


Dr. Francis Collins Stepping Down as Head of NIH

The head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is stepping down amid lingering questions regarding his agency’s funding of research in China. Dr. Francis Collins has served as NIH director for over 12 years in a tenure that has spanned three administrations. “It has been an incredible privilege to lead this great agency…


NIH Director Collins Believes Pfizer Booster Shots Will Be Expanded Despite FDA Panel’s Recommendation

The head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, said he believes COVID-19 vaccine booster doses will be expanded despite a panel of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) experts recommending against them for the general population. With an overwhelming majority, the panel voted against recommending Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster for most of the general…


NIH Director Admits School Mask Mandates Are Not Based on Data of COVID-19’s Effect on Children

National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis Collins on Tuesday indicated that the push to make America’s youngest students wear masks at school is more due to concerns over potential school closures, rather than based on data of COVID-19’s impact on children’s health. Collins weighed in on the debate over mask requirements in American schools…


NIH Director Says FDA Could Decide on ‘Booster’ COVID-19 Shots in the Near Future

The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could decide in the coming weeks whether to authorize COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to more Americans in the fall. Dr. Francis Collins told “Fox News Sunday” that FDA officials are reviewing U.S. COVID-19 cases and vaccines “almost daily,” stipulating…