Trump signed an executive order banning federal funds for ‘gain of function’ research abroad The research alters viruses to increase transmissibility or severity in the name of preparedness Scientists ...

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that seeks to limit federal funding for gain-of-function research, which is used to study how pathogens can become more harmful by causing ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) moved Wednesday to prohibit federal grants going toward all “dangerous” gain-of-function research on viruses, according to a copy of the legislation ...

On May 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order with the seemingly benign title, “Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research.” A more accurate title would have been, ...

The new National Institutes of Health chief declared Friday that the Trump administration won't pursue lockdowns in future pandemics and his agency has stopped all forms of dangerous gain-of-function ...

Thursday's vote by a Senate panel to recommend holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress builds on more than five years of tension between the federal government's former top infectious ...

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WASHINGTON — A War Department program requested proposals for so-called “gain of function” experiments that could make viruses more infectious nearly two full years before the COVID-19 pandemic began, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gripas Yuri/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom The Trump administration is reportedly preparing an executive order curtailing funding of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thursday's vote by a Senate panel to recommend holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress builds on more than five years of ...

The Trump administration is reportedly preparing an executive order curtailing funding of "gain-of-function" research on pandemic pathogens, in what would seem to be an effort to prevent the next ...