NIH Vigil 8-1-26

This Week’s Updates and Discussion

The Good

• Senators consider blocking OMB grant-making rule 

• Dr. Fauci testifies, pleading the 5th 

• State Department renewing a grant to the vaccine alliance

The Bad

• Senate HELP committee advances nomination for CDC director

The Ugly

• New attempt to shut down gain-of-function research

• OPM collecting federal employees, retiree and family's medical records

• Trump administration to gut nearly all of Head Start's rules