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HHS Proposes Clinical Trial Reform To Catch Chinese Biotech Sector

The United States is looking to catch up with China’s expanding biotechnology sector. On June 23, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new proposal to accelerate clinical trials...

NIH Controlled-Access Data Policy and Proposed Revisions to NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy

New Research Shows Extent of China’s Cover-Up of COVID-19’s Origins

An American research scientist reported on Tuesday that Chinese researchers deleted genetic sequencing data for COVID-19 samples from a U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) database. The deletions highlight...

Trump’s Executive Order on Chinese Students Addresses a Complicated—But Real—Issue

This issue requires a surgical scalpel, not a sledgehammer.

A world gone viral

Pathogens still have the power to change the course of history