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Ambitious NIH data collection program has little to show for its massive budget, critics say

Mar 20, 2018

An expensive US National Institutes of Health program is coming up short of results to justify its enormous budget, according to some scientists. Three years ago, the NIH announced a major initiative to coll...

The government shutdown, and lingering budget uncertainty, obstruct science and research

West Side Story

Jan 23, 2018

Opinion, Policy, Science

On Monday, both houses of Congress voted to pass a short-term spending bill to end a government shutdown that had already lasted three days. While this means the shutdown is now over, the short-term spending bi...

Budget freeze blocks 2018 research plans at science agencies

West Side Story

Jan 2, 2018

Policy, Science

Shortly before Christmas, the US Congress extended a continuing resolution that freezes spending at 2017 levels until the 19th of January. The move bought Congress time to decide on final numbers for the 2018 f...

Trump’s budget proposal ignores the importance of research funding

West Side Story

Apr 3, 2017

Headlines, Opinion, Policy, Science

President Donald Trump’s dismissiveness toward climate change during his campaign has already earned him few fans in the scientific community. But his budget proposal to Congress earlier this month may be his m...

GlaxoSmithKline reports success for Phase I trial of Ebola vaccine

Charles Omedo

Nov 27, 2014

Health

In association with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and Okairos, GlaxoSmithKline has developed an Ebola vaccine candidate that has proved ...

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