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NIH Director Says Trump, GOP Pressured Him to Back Unproven Covid Remedies

coronavirus, Featured News, Issues
Mon, Dec 20th, 2021

Francis Collins, the director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), says former President Donald Trump and Republicans pressured him to back unproven COVID-19 remedies. “I have done everything I can to stay out of any kind of political, partisan debates, because it really is not a place where medical research belongs,” he said, adding…

NIH Director Puts Foot Down Over Politically Motivated Approval of Coronavirus Vaccine

2020, coronavirus, Donald Trump, Elections, Featured News, Issues
Thu, Aug 13th, 2020

Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) acknowledged concerns in the medical community that President Donald Trump might pressure the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve a coronavirus vaccine just before the general election to gain votes. “This just cannot be allowed to happen,” he said, adding…