Trump signed an executive order banning federal funds for ‘gain of function’ research abroad The research alters viruses to increase transmissibility or severity in the name of preparedness Scientists ...

(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to restrict funding for gain-of-function research, which official documents deemed as “dangerous” and a potential harbinger of ...

Section 1. Purpose. Dangerous gain-of-function research on biological agents and pathogens has the potential to significantly endanger the lives of American citizens. If left unrestricted, its effects ...

Safe gain-of-function research is necessary to identify new treatments for diseases like for tuberculosis — but the NIH has ...

PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM DANGEROUS GAIN OF FUNCTION RESEARCH: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to improve the safety and security of biological research in the United States ...

In a party-line vote last evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed Stanford professor and medical researcher Jay Bhattacharya as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The confirmation of ...

The National Institutes of Health will terminate all funding for grants involving risky gain-of-function research and give researchers until the end of June to say whether their grants comply with ...

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya celebrated President Trump's executive order preventing the U.S. government from funding viral "gain-of-function" research in foreign ...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told Megyn Kelly during an interview this week that there is an ongoing investigation to prove the role U.S.-funded research at the Wuhan Institute of ...