Today: The Biden administration reversed a ban on fetal tissue research. Johnson & Johnson scientists said they do not see a casual relationship between their vaccine and blood clots and the Biden administration is investing $1.7 billion into combating COVID variants.
We'll start at the NIH:
It’s official: NIH reverses Trump administration's ban on fetal tissue research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) officially on Friday rescinded the ban on using fetal tissues in research, reversing a Trump-era policy instituted almost two years ago.
In a notice, the agency announced it was overturning the Trump administration’s policy that an ethics board to review all applicants for NIH grants involving fetal tissue from elective abortions. Trump also blocked NIH scientists from obtaining new fetal tissue derived from abortions for research purposes.