Collins leaving NIH after record term at top US science funder

Political conciliator finds moment of medical success against Covid a good time to let Biden find successor

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October 5, 2021

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October 7, 2021

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Bethesda, MD, USA 11212020 Exterior view of the main historic building (Building 1) of National Institutes of Health (NIH) inside Bethesda campus. NIH funds majority of biomedical research in USA

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