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Management

HHS launches a program to boost preventative care

A new initiative from Health and Human Services seeks to improve preventative care in under-served communities. The HEROES Program will run through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). HEROES stands for Health Care Rewards to Achieve Improved Outcomes.

Federal Report

Unelected bureaucrats do the darndest things

Technology

HHS launches its promised health innovation network

Commentary

How a new federal agency for scientific breakthroughs can succeed

Acquisition

So far, no FAR: A look inside one agency's unique procurement shop

Federal Insights

New HHS research agency embarks on mission to tackle far-reaching health problems
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Federal Newscast

Congress introduces idea to change how COLAs are calculated for federal retirees

Lawrence Tabak, NIH, National Institutes of Health

Budget

Proposed NIH budget boost spending for experimentation, examines lower grant funding for minority scientists

Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, gives an opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

People

Outgoing NIH director reflects on genome discoveries, COVID and what's next

The Capitol is seen from the Russell Senate Office Building during a delay in work on the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Budget

Senate Democrats unveil 2022 appropriations bills, back Biden's planned federal pay raise

Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Management

How would a new $6.5B advanced research projects agency for NIH work?