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Testifying on COVID-19 Vaccine Development

Posted on July 2nd, 2020 by Dr. Francis Collins

Testifying on Vaccine Development for COVID-19 — It was an honor to testify before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on July 2. The topic of the hearing was the President’s plan to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine. Also testifying were Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Gary Disbrow, acting director of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). The nearly three-hour hearing allowed a productive exchange of information on this critical topic and many of NIH’s high-priority efforts to develop vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19. Credit: C-Span.

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Tags: BARDA, CDC, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Gary Disbrow, novel coronavirus, pandemic, Robert Redfield, SARS-CoV-2, Senate

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