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Lander, Collins Offer Vision for Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health

ARPA-H was proposed by President Joe Biden as an entity within the NIH focused on breakthroughs for the prevention, detection, and treatment of diseases.

Biden Administration Commits $1.7B to SARS-CoV-2 Variant Sequencing, Surveillance

Of the total, $1 billion will be used to expand viral genome sequencing while the remainder will fund genomic epidemiology centers and new bioinformatics infrastructure.

NCI Director Sharpless Outlines Ideas to Aggressively Lower Cancer Deaths

At the AACR Annual Meeting, Sharpless said NCI should focus on improving early screening, access to trials, and development of advanced drugs to realize President Biden's goal of eradicating cancer.

Biden Administration Will Provide $1.6B to Improve COVID-19 Testing and Sequencing

The administration will expand COVID-19 testing for schools and underserved populations, increase manufacturing of testing supplies, and increase genomic sequencing.

People in the News: Broad Institute's Eric Lander Named White House Science Advisor; More

Dec 28, 2020

President Trump Signs FY 2021 Spending Bill to Boost NIH Budget 3 Percent

Apr 16, 2020

IBM Opens Up Informatics Toolkit to Accelerate COVID-19 Research, Drug Development

Mar 27, 2020

NIH, CDC to Receive Billions in Additional Funding Under Coronavirus Stimulus Bill

Mar 14, 2020

Trump Administration Highlights Role of Private Sector in Effort to Increase Coronavirus Testing

Feb 10, 2020

President Trump Calls for 8 Percent Cut to NIH Budget

Dec 23, 2019

President Trump Signs Spending Package Boosting NIH Budget

Mar 11, 2019

White House Proposes 12 Percent Cut to NIH Budget in Fiscal 2020

Mar 23, 2018

President Trump Signs Spending Bill, Boosting NIH Budget

Feb 12, 2018

White House Proposes 27 Percent Cut in NIH Funding in FY 2019, Then Suggests $9.2B Infusion

Aug 21, 2017

Rapid DNA Act Signed Into Law

Jun 27, 2017

Bidens Launch Cancer Initiative to Preserve Momentum, Push Forward Moonshot Priorities

Jun 7, 2017

Trump to Retain Collins as NIH Director

May 23, 2017

Trump Calls for 18 Percent Cut to NIH Budget in FY 2018

May 8, 2017

Trump Signs Budget Into Law, NIH to Get $2B Increase

Mar 28, 2017

White House Proposes $1.2B Cut to NIH Budget in 2017

Mar 20, 2017

In Current Political Climate, Can Precision Medicine Initiative Enroll Underrepresented Groups?

Mar 16, 2017

Trump Budget Blueprint Would Slash NIH Funding by 20 Percent

Dec 29, 2016

Cures Act Gives Precision Medicine Proponents, Diagnostics Companies Reasons to Celebrate
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Dec 14, 2016

President Obama Signs 21st Century Cures Act Into Law

Dec 8, 2016

US Senate Passes 21st Century Cures Act

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And a Fourth?

A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in an Israeli study increased antibody levels but did not prevent Omicron variant infections, according to the Financial Times.

For Better Science Software

A virtual institute funded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's philanthropy aims to lure software engineers to academia, Science reports.

Recommendation Explanations

The New York Times writes that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is straining to both make and explain decisions based on limited information.

Genome Research Papers on De Novo Mutation Rates, Polyploid Genotyping, Oncogene Epigenomic Translocation

In Genome Research this week: de novo mutations rates in hemoglobin subunits, analysis of variant calling methods for polyploid plants, and more.