Institute of Health Director doctor Francis Collins gave an update on, 19 vaccine trials in the current increase of coronavirus cases across the country, this is oneli hour. Welcome to the National Press, the leading professional organization for journalists, i michael freedman, 113 president of the National Press club and the former general manager of Radio Network and journalists and residents at university of maryland global campus and executive producer of the public broadcasting series moderated bl journalist marvin, we thank you for joining us for our virtual newsmaker event with doctor Francis Collins director of the National Institute of health, we are pleased to accept questions from her audience especially our journalist tuning in today ill ask as many as time permits, to submit a question please email headliners at press. Org, the National Institute of health or nih a part of the u. S. Department of health and Human Services is our nations medical research agency, the larges
Broadcasting series moderated by marvin kalb. We have dr. Francis collins, director of the National Institute of health. We are pleased to accept questions from our audience, especially our journalists tuning in. I will ask as many as time permits. Headliners p ress. Org. Medicalur Nations Research agency. It is the largest public funder of Biomedical Research in the world, investing more than 32 billion a world to enhance life and reduce illness and disability. Nih comprises different components each with its own Research Agenda often focusing on particular diseases or body systems. Receive their funding directly from congress. The director of the Central Office is responsible for setting policy and planning, managing, and coordinating programs and activities of all the nih components. In 2009, dr. Francis collins was appointed by former president barack obama to serve as the 16th director of nih and he was selected by President Trump to continue in that position in the current admini
Police tactics against protesters in oakland. Breaking news, a free fall on wall street right now. Take a look. The dow way down about 1700 points at this point. Good afternoon, im michelle griego. Im len kiese. And investors jitter ri in the face of rising coronavirus numbers in countries. Numbers falling. More than 1. 5 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. Layoffs are high, but the downward trend in claims continues. This follows last weeks surprising report that shows businesses added more than 2 million jobs in may and the Unemployment Rate developed. The good news is that as these weekly claims start to drift lower and as theres more evidence that employers are bringing new people back on their payrolls, the situation is not nearly as dire as ten weeks ago. The Federal Reserve predicts unemployment will continue to fall, but finish the year above 9 , much higher than the 3. 5 before the pandemic started. And this afternoon, the Oakland Police department is
Good morning. Good morning. The hearing on the senate labor and Pensions Committee will please come to order. We want to thank our staff for working through some technical difficulties this morning and thank thean senators and our witnesses who are joining us from around the country in various offices where we are all following the attending physicians protocol for safe us whoing and those of are here Wearing Masks on our way in and sitting 6 feet apart while we are here. Senator murray and i will have an Opening Statement then we will turn to our witnesses for of about fivets minutes each, if they could please summarize them, there it ais. Senators will each have five minutes rounds of questions and we have a vote at 11 40 so we will need to finish this hearing by about noon and all the senators will have had that time and chance to ask theires questions. The question for administrators of the 6000 colleges and universities is not whether to reopen in august but how to do it safely. M
New hope for a covid19 treatment. The data shows that remdesivir has a clearcut significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recover. How long until we have a treatment or a vaccine ill to Sir John Bell from Oxford University, where a promising vaccine study is well under way. Declaring victory . I think when you ask how did we do . I think they with a spectacular job reporter with more than 60,000 dead and 30 million out of work, is the Trump Administration risking its own Mission Accomplished moment . Vlt joe biden takes the lead in the battleground states but calls are calling for investigation into his accuser tara reade. Here is a look at my upcoming guests welcome to sunday. Its meet the press and our continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic announcer this is meet the press with chuck todd good sunday morning. It was on january 6th that the cdc first issued a travel notice for one china. Consider what has happened in less than four months time more than 1. 1 mill