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Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies at a hearing, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP) **FILE**

HHS secretary names Lawrence Tabak as acting NIH director

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A woman and a child, both wearing face masks to protect from COVID-19 look at a commercial office building in Beijing, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

More omicron cases pop up as world struggles to learn more about new variant

By Mike Corder and Geir Moulson and Jeffrey Collins - Associated Press

In this April 13, 2021, photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Fauci: Omicron variant will ‘inevitably’ hit United States

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, appears before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. Collins says he is stepping down by the end of the year, having led the research center for 12 years and becoming a prominent source of public information during the coronavirus pandemic. A formal announcement was expected Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, from NIH. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

NIH Director Francis Collins to step down by end of year

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A medical worker administers a shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to a man at Belgrade Fair makeshift vaccination center in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. Serbia has started administering a third, or booster, dose of four different vaccines, including Sinopharm, Pfizer, Sputnik and AstraZeneca, to people who previously were vaccinated at least 6 months ago. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Biden team to roll out vaccine booster plan ‘very shortly’

By Shen Wu Tan and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021 file photo, Students wearing protective masks walk past a &quot;Welcome Back&quot; sign before the first day of school at Sessums Elementary School in Riverview, Fla. Students are required to wear the masks at school unless their parents opt out. President Joe Biden has called school district superintendents in Florida and Arizona, praising them for doing what he called “the right thing” after their respective boards implemented mask requirements in defiance of their Republican governors amid growing COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Surge in childhood hospitalizations from delta variant ‘very worrisome’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, appears before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP) ** *FILE **

‘Come on, America’: NIH director recommends vaccine mandates to fight coronavirus surge

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this April 13, 2021, photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Man charged in threats sent to Fauci, NIH director Collins

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - This July 18, 2020, file photo, shows the AstraZeneca offices in Cambridge, England. AstraZeneca announced Monday, Aug. 31, its vaccine candidate has entered the final testing stage in the U.S. The company said the study will involve up to 30,000 adults from various racial, ethnic and geographic groups. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Vaccine by Nov. 3? Halted study explains just how unlikely

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, attends a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Coronavirus vaccine will be safe, or ‘it won’t be moved along,’ federal officials say

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Nurse Kathe Olmstead, right, gives volunteer Melissa Harting, of Harpersville, N.Y., an injection as the world's biggest study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway Monday, July 27, 2020, in Binghamton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

NIH announces nearly $250 million investment for new rapid coronavirus testing

By Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington. Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listens at left. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US begins ‘warp speed’ vaccine push as studies ramp up

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins puts on his face mask after a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on new coronavirus tests on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 7, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

US faces ‘truly daunting’ challenges on needed COVID tests

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Ezequiel Martinez, of Clearwater, center, administers a COVID-19 viral test using a nasopharyngeal swab on Patrice O'Brien, of Largo, on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at Community Health Centers of Pinellas, in Clearwater where Pinellas County began COVID-19 testing on Monday. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

NIH chief: 1,000 apply for ‘Shark Tank’ competition over COVID-19 diagnostics

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This undated file photo provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows CDC's laboratory test kit for the new coronavirus. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio implored the federal government Thursday, March 5, 2020, to send more coronavirus test kits as the city confirmed two more COVID-19 cases, both in hospitalized patients with no known travel history or personal connections linking them to the virus. (CDC via AP, File) **FILE**

UAB-designed drug given to coronavirus patients, could alleviate symptoms: Health officials

By James Varney - The Washington Times