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Has NIH caught Ebola fever?

Tweet Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, has been one of the best advocates for the NIH I have ever seen. His ability to easily maneuver from one NIH research...

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Shrinking the role of government is hurting science

Tweet Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., released his 2014 Wastebook, an annual report on government spending that Coburn deems wasteful, largely because, on the surface, the projects sound...

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Happy Thanksgiving

Tweet Photo credit:  sciencecareers.sciencemag.org As many of us will spend the next few days traveling, sitting down and eating turkey and fixings and spending time with family and friends for...

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CRomnibus: there's more there than dollars

Tweet Many of us have focused on the bottom line of H.R. 83, the fiscal 2015 continuing resolution-omnibus (CRomnibus) funding package, which the U.S. House passed last night. Science funding agencies...

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If this isn't war, then now peace concerns me

Tweet Earlier this week, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, penned an op-ed for Politico titled, “No, the GOP Is Not at War With Science.” It is an eye-catching title for a science...

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The harsh realities of increasing the NIH budget

Tweet Ben Corb explores proposed budgetary increases to the National Institute of Health and if they have any chance of becoming reality. So while we support and truly appreciate the spirit of these...

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Biomedical research deserves funding, not gimmicks

Tweet The American biomedical research enterprise is a national treasure. As such, biomedical research broadly, and the National Institutes of Health specifically, should be funded as a national...

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