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Francis Collins to step down as NIH director
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins plans to announce his resignation on Tuesday after nearly three decades at the agency, including 12 years at the helm, three sources tell POLITICO.
The 71-year-old physician-geneticist led the agency under three consecutive presidents — making him the first presidentially appointed NIH director to serve in more than one administration and the longest-serving NIH director.
His departure had been in the works for some time, one person familiar said. Officials from NIH, the Department of Health and Human Services and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 05 2021, @07:36PM (1 child)
Nah now a days it's more akin to Ministry of Truth.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 05 2021, @09:41PM
Alien: It is 2021, humans have advanced medical science and clearly understand how diseases spread. So how did COVID cause so much damage?
Human: Well we have humans that say things like https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=45323&page=1&cid=1184530#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] unironically while supporting a conman that told him the disease was a hoax AND would magically disappear. You might want to check back in a few hundred thousand years, maybe humans will evolve and improve a little more.