Francis Collins: “But I have to tell you, both of those groundbreaking projects, BRAIN and All of Us, are now at severe risk because of…”

Both of those groundbreaking projects, BRAIN and All of Us, are now at severe risk because of budget and workforce cuts.

Francis Collins, then head of the NIH, labeled me a fringe epidemiologist.

There's no excuse at this point, if you want to -- if you claim to be a good citizen, or believe in community or citizenship at all, to not get vaccinated, to not get boosted.

I never used the word 'cure' for a lot of diseases, but sickle cell can be cured with some of these treatments, and we need to make sure people have access to them.