The rationale behind the restrictions on the NIH ― put forward by the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency, once ...

During Collins’ 12-year tenure, the NIH budget grew by 38 percent, from $30 billion in 2009 to $41.3 billion in 2021.

Washington — Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will step down from his role at the agency by the end of the year, he announced Tuesday.

Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, announced his resignation Tuesday, saying he will step down from his post by the end of 2021. "I am proud of all we’ve ...

Francis Collins, Head of NIH Who Led Human Genome Project, to Step Down After 12 years at the helm of the top biomedical research agency, the geneticist will return to running his lab by year’s end ...

FILE- Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), holds up a model of COVID-19, known as coronavirus, during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the plan ...

National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins speaks in the White House Rose Garden on May 7, 2019. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) It seems like my last memory from a previous ...

The director of the NIH, Dr. Francis Collins, plays a critical role in that effort, dubbed "Operation Warp Speed." The operation aims to deliver 300 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine by January ...

Francis Collins calls for a “thorough, expert-driven, and objective” inquiry, and shares what most surprised him about the virus.

Francis Collins, who has headed up the National Institutes of Health for 12 years, announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down by the end of the year.

Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, is stepping down after 12 years of service. The Obama appointee said on Tuesday he is resigning to allow "a new scientist to ...