WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis S. Collins, says he's stepping down. Collins has led the research center for 12 years. During that time, he has ...

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, spoke with STAT reporter Meghana Keshavan about his background and scientific interests during the Milken Institute’s Global Conference ...

WASHINGTON -- National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins said Sunday he believes vaccine requirements could make a difference in slowing the rapid spread of COVID-19 and acknowledged ...

Theresa Gaffney is the lead Morning Rounds writer and reports on health care, new research, and public policy, with a particular interest in mental health, gender-affirming care, and LGBTQ+ patient ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Francis Collins, the former director of the National Institutes of Health, excoriated the Trump administration’s efforts to upend federal ...

Dr. Francis Collins, the former director of the National Institutes of Health, has sounded the alarm over what he describes as the muzzling of scientists and a troubling decline in morale at the ...

In January, in one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden issued a pardon to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of ...