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 ...

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 ...

Gain-of-function experiments can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild. But they're also used for many other areas of study within biology.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday updating guidance for researchers and government agencies with the aim of stopping federal funding for foreign research that generates new ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order Monday to ban all federal funding of risky gain-of-function research in China, Iran and other countries without proper oversight of the ...

In a party-line vote last evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed Stanford professor and medical researcher Jay Bhattacharya as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The confirmation of ...

President Donald Trump could sign a sweeping executive order banning gain-of-function research — research that makes viruses more dangerous in the lab — as soon as May 6, according to a source who has ...

Amid a series of executive orders, President Donald Trump is preparing to temporarily halt funding for gain of function research, a type of scientific study that has drawn increased scrutiny since the ...

EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told the Washington Examiner in an exclusive interview that he plans to use his new leadership position on a key Senate national security committee to hold ...

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 ...

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Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House Correspondent for "The Daily Signal." Send her an email. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday restricting gain-of-function research ...