Funding Science

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Medical research depends on government money – even a day’s delay in the intricate funding process throws science off-kilter Above photo: Of the tens of thousands of grant applications submitted to the National Institutes of Health, only around 1 in 5 is funded. Sean Gladwell/Moment via Getty Images By Aliasger K. Salem, University of Iowa In […]

HHS Secretary Power

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Health and Human Services secretary influences every aspect of America’s health Above photo: Declaring a state of public health emergency − and mobilizing resources to address it − is a power of the HHS secretary. Frank Franklin II/AP Photo By Angela Mattie, Quinnipiac University The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, […]