National Institutes of Health (NIH) Acting Director Lawrence Tabak testified on the president’s fiscal year 2024 budget request for the agency, before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. T…
946 viewsDr. Anthony Fauci and other directors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) testified on President Biden’s 2023 budget request for their respective agencies. Questions about COVID-19 do…
1,465 viewsThe House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies convened a hearing on the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) fiscal year 2023 bu…
1,036 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing with Biden administration officials to examine efforts in regulating fentanyl-related substances. The witnesses answered q…
1,148 viewsDr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), testified on his agency’s fiscal year 2022 budget before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Ser…
1,307 viewsSeveral directors from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2021 budget request and the coronavirus o…
4,943 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine federal marijuana policy, including the implications of changing its drug schedule listing and the potential of…
2,940 viewsDr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee regarding President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request fo…
1,402 viewsDirectors from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services and Related Agencies on President Trump’s fiscal y…
5,906 viewsNational Institutes of Health directors testified at a hearing on their fiscal year 2018 budget request, and some of the medical research taking place to combat diseases. The leaders outline…
1,514 viewsMedical doctors and substance abuse specialists talked about opioid use in the U.S. Topics included demographics, the public health effects, and treatment options.
656 viewsThe House Bipartisan Heroin Task Force held a roundtable to hear from physicians and public health advocates about heroin and synthetic drug abuse. Topics covered how these drugs affect the …
2,172 viewsThe House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held a hearing on the National Institute on Health (NIH) fiscal year 2017 budget req…
937 viewsSenators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Governor Peter Shumlin (D-VT), federal drug policy officials, and advocates testified at a hearing on heroin and p…
3,705 viewsNational Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins and other other NIH directors testified at a hearing about his agency’s fiscal year 2016 budget. The talked about the areas m…
800 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the efforts of federal agencies and courts to combat prescription drug abuse, in particular pain …
859 viewsNational Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins and several heads of constituent institutes testified at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2016 budget…
851 viewsWitnesses testified at a Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control hearing on prescription drug abuse and its role in the increased use of Heroin in the U.S. They also spoke about how…
2,289 viewsPanelists talked about young people abusing prescription drugs. The panel included former U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), who spoke about his own struggles with addiction. The ev…
629 viewsDrug policy and enforcement officials testified on the dangers of using synthetic drugs, such as Molly, K2, Spice, and “bath salts.” Topics included how these drug traffickers could be caugh…
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