actually a couple years ago the nih said to scientists, and to get them tested.and study lung cancer, maybe you have to start your experiment over again. the nih has woken to this and to their credit they are aware of these problems, the director, francis collins, stepped up and said we have problems to address and we have been thinking about how to do that, dealing with the low hanging fruit which is easier to get to. there is now a movement to improve education in this area. i talked to a professor at johns hopkins who is saying we need to get phd scientists thinking about philosophy of science, how to design experiment, think more deeply about what to do. if a scientist gets a result they don't understand, do another experiment to get more data and figure it out. i would like people to stop and think more and be more philosophical about how they approach their science. my feeling is if we did less science and more carefully, we would benefit. it is just off and 1 million papers published in scientific literature, most are never cited again by anybody else. let

vaccine the licensing process, brodrick murray of nih. he was extremely cautious, very risk-averse because you've been through several vaccine disasters where people had been harmed or killed by vaccines under his oversight or he'd witnessed these events up close and personal and you want to stick with the monkey cells. he preferred the evil that he knew to the one that he did it. so he for ten years prevented any cells made in these clean human fetal cells, any vaccines made in them from the licensed in the u.s. seeing there was a reason he's fetal cells were really needed and is called rubella. rebel if you are i get is also known as german measles is a mild disease. it might be some out were not even aware we have it. two in three people don't notice when you have. if you feel ill, abcmr, a couple lymph nodes, may stay home a day from work, that's it. in 1964 there was no vaccine against rubella and pregnant women got rubella it was devastating on the fetus. the virus infected virtually every fetal organ, particularly four and was affe

nih, there's about a half a dozen regional candidates for the zika vaccine. we develop a vaccine research center at nih was a dna vaccine which is a plasma that you stick the gene of whatever particular protein you want to have a reduced response. we are now in a a phase two sty in several countries in south america, , mexico, the caribbean is, florida and texas. now, that's the good news. the somewhat i would even say sobering news because it's not that is there'sev not a lot of seek out there to show that it works. what we are doing is we are recruiting people in the trial and accumulating safety data so there's an outbreak next season, we will get what's called an efficacy signal. if there is no outbreak, you can use that data together with the animal data which proves that this vaccine works in animals, and then we are working with the fda. you never want to jump ahead of the fda. they need to make their own decision, but the fda is at least willing to discuss the possibility of an accelerated approval based on images and is a safety in animal data. we ar

you are the 16th director of the nih. are the only person who was appointed by two different presidents. you were initially appointed by president obama, and then subsequently by president trump. so as a person who co-discovered the human genome, was it harder to discover the human genome or be appointed by two different be appointed by two different presidents? [laughter] dr. collins: i guess both of those had certain challenges associated. i did not expect to still be in this position after january 2017 because i knew about the history, too. nih directors appointed by the president, virtually always have turned over when there is a new president. somehow they made a mistake here, i guess, and kept me on. david: so did president trump call up and said he knew you did a great job, or how did that come about? dr. collins: i got a call saying we want you to come to new york and meet with trump at trump tower a few days before the inauguration so he can talk to you and interview you and get a sense of whether you are somebod

or their rights they're part of the nih is i it's your responsibility your responsibility so on your day people got out to protest sharing some pictures here from the twitter handle stop the search what are we looking at how how mother people right now are they decide it's a niger delta they don't call us all the time or are they so arrests that's the furious we're angry everybody is angry i mean well it's not only ireland it's like the villages nobody really cares great air been reading air you know also everyone's angry everyone's talking about it the school you go to school talking about it people are moving out of what people are moving their children out of political people are more worried about the kids because they're young and their organs are still in the formative stages so you don't know what this isn't going to be not be a sonder this is what i'm thinking you started this campaign we're trying to educate people the community saying this is not good enough for us i want to share with our audience andy who is one of your co organizers this is what i guess as to what you ac

nih will double its investment in research on pain and addiction. in closing, the current opioid epidemic is enormously tragic, dauntingly complex, vastly widespread and scientifically and medically challenging. this epidemic respects no age, gender, race, socioeconomic status. the dems are sons and daughters, mothers and daughters, brothers and sisters, leaders and colleagues. solving this problem will require a wall of government approach. i look forward to working with you collaboratively. thank you very much. >> thank you for your most comprehensive statement. >> chairman hatch and ranking member widened, members of the committee, thank you are invited to discuss center for medicare and medicaid services to address the opioid epidemic. i'm honored to be back at the finance committee so i will say it's a little strange to be at the witness table. over 130 million people received coverage through cms programs in the opioid epidemic affects every single one of them as a patient, family member, chair giver community member. this has been repeated th

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then i think you could wipe out the discretionary budget, nih and parks and the like. but i can't see any other budgetary, you know, real estate. and i know my time is almost up. you can give me some examples for other possibilities than what i mentioned? >> i think looking at that figure it gives you some idea of where the buckets are. but even that is sort of underestimating the problem because that's just the interest cost. that's just getting a deficit down towards zero. we then have a huge amount of debt sitting out there. so i think the problem's even more extreme than that. >> well, i'm not going to pummel this any longer and you have certainly made a very good point with respect to the debt. but when the growth projections are nowhere near what was promised, number one, middle class aren't seeing what they were told they were going to get, which was a $4,000 pay raise in the middle class drives 70% of the american economy, i don't see how growth is going to get you close to paying for that $1.9 trillion that was put on the credit card and it still leaves us wit

then i think you could wipe out the discretionary budget nih i can't see any other budgetary real estate can you give me some examples for other possibilities and what i've mentioned. even that is the is under estimating the problem because that is just the interest cost. we then have a huge amount of debt running out there. i think then the problem is even more extreme than that. you've certainly made a very good point with respect to that debt. but when the growth projections are nowhere near what was promised number one the middle class aren't seen what they were told they were to get which is a $4,000 pay raise in the middle class. it drives 70% of the american economy i don't see how growth is going to get you close to paying for that 1.9 trillion dollars that was put on the credit card and it still leaves us with the safety net in defense unless you want to cut the defense programs. i look forward to talking to you about this. i certainly share your view about the debt. thank you all for being here. this has nothing to do with our leadership. i find this to be the least serious com

in the case of health work for all the diseases, the nih is either the biggest funder or the second-biggest funder. we are either the first or second biggest funder. in making sure that research is making progress, understanding how we can work together better. in terms of foreign aid, the overall foreign aid, the u.s. is the biggest single country. about $30 billion of that. as a percentage of the economy, it's lower than some others. some europeans are above 1%, like germany and the u.k.. but it is a huge pool of resources. our foundation is about $5 billion a year. we need to partner up with all the donors to go after things like polio eradication. the program on hiv is absolutely miraculous in terms of holding that disease in check for us to get a vaccine. a lot of the discussion is about the money allocated to these things or with the executive branch on the execution of these things. i am back your four times a year. when the white house daily guidance came out last night, we learned that you are visiting the president today. talk about your experience with the president and what your

by the has the -- the nih research alternatives and medically assisted therapy.ennedy: that's what they have to do is looking at less addictive resources. thank you very much. >> we agree on medical marijuana and legalization. turn up your swagger game with one a day men's. ♪ get ready for the wild life a complete multivitamin with key nutrients, plus b vitamins for heart health. your one a day is showing. kennedy: bernie sanders went full stalin when he revealed he's work on a plan to give everyone a guaranteed dem -- guaranteed government job. even those on the left think this is a ridiculous idea. why does bernie want to resurrect chairman mao. all these dumb ideas seem great to political adolescents. but in reality they are freedom killers. >> we are look at pictures of socialist north korea. the devastation mr. we know. we know in socialist venezuela, but i though you say democrats are running away from it. it's not the idea they disapprove of, it's just the cost. kennedy: bernie hasn't done the cost benefit analysis. but kirsten gillibrand and cory booker,

under the proposal they'll receive a tax deduction for deposits they make nih a special homeownershipavings account. money deposited into the account could eventually be used on a down payment or mortgage payment. >> by creating a vehicle where you can put money in and grow and appreciate and you don't have to pay taxes on that growth, we think that will really incentivize folks and make it easier for them to save for that hefty down payment. >> the california building industry association also backs the bill saying it will help build home construction jobs in the state, of course, by putting more homes on the market and selling them. >> new developments on the new issue surrounding those electric scooters in san francisco. the city work's department today conducted a sweep of scooters that were blocking traffic. city officials tell abc 7 news that public works seized 66 scooters. their recent arrival sparked a slew of complaints about unsafe operation and riders just dumping them on the sidewalks when they're finished with them. today's operation targeted one area in particular. >> t

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and that's called nih research, clinical styles fda approval.ay, is because of safety, efficacy and risk. >> it's a fair point. but the president's commission did not recommend any research into medical marijuana nor any of its compounds. including nonpsycho active cbd. a mistake, a missed opportunity according to researchers like yasmin hurd. >> should be treated like everything else. let it have its due process and let's see what evidence is there for it treating or not treating a particular symptom or disorder. >> whether it's cannabis prescribed by dr. wallace, it's marijuana as medicine. an idea shot down time and time again by the country's top law enforcement official. >> i'm afraid that the public is not properly educated on some of the issues related to marijuana. >> what would you say to the attorney general? >> i would say he's wrong. and i think that he needs to be educated. if he came and spent a week with me in my clinic i think i could probably convince him otherwise. >> education and understanding, the same goals mike james has b

francis collins has recently announced the helping to end addiction long-term initiative at the nih and result of new funding recently provided by congress. they will double its investment in research on pain and addiction. in closing, the current opioid epidemic is enormously tragic, dauntingly complex, vastly widespread, and scientifically and medically challenging. this epidemic respects no age, no gender, no race, no socioeconomic status. sons andre our daughters, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, leaders and colleagues. solving this problem will whole of government approach. i look forward to working with you collaboratively. thank you very much. >> we thank you for your comprehensive statement. , memberst: thank you of the committee. thank you for inviting me to to address the opioid epidemic. i'm honored to be back in the finance committee. it felt a little strange to be on this side of the witness table. over 100 30 million people receive health coverage through cmis programs and the opioid epidemic affects every single one of them. as a patient, family member, caregive

different ways historically, everything from, you know, building toll highways together to, you know, nih investments in health care and so forth. but the way i would use it is to see it as what are mutually beneficial things that the government, the public side and the private side, primarily commercial industry but i would also include universities, nonprofits, civil society within that, what are mutually beneficial things that they can do with specific projects. so those benefits might be very different from one side and the other, so -- or they might be the same. so the example that i would use is the co-creation of technology, what i was saying before, the government's good at creating certain technologies, commercial sector is good at creating different kinds of technologies. how can they work together in a mutually beneficial way to come up with technologies that they both want, and so therefore thi chipping in different things at different times. i see it as a partnership in the sense it is not a one-way street. so it is separate from contracting, for example, where the government

one way wit nida and other nih institutes are trying to address the problem through a very large study we're funding, called the adolescent brain cognitive development study, which is the study of a cohort of about 10,000 kids beginning age nine or 10, before they started to use substances to look at what the impact is on the development of the brain and on their growth trajectories in general. we're looking at much more just the exposure to can that is about although in -- cannabis, although the fact of changing laws and emergence of electronic cigarettes all of these things prompted the study. now that we have a much broader group of institutes that are interested, we're looking at screen time and physical exercise and what are the resilient factors that could protect somebody but we think this is obviously an extremely important issue for us to understand and as i said right now, with keeps us up at night is really the effects on brain development. >> doug. >> good afternoon. i'm doug team. for the past 23 years i've been the president and ceo of care and treatment centers. for the

so when we which other nih institutes are trying to address this problem is to a very large study that we are funding which is called the adolescent brain cognitive development study, or a, b, c, d which is the study of the cohort of about 10,000 kids beginning at age nine or ten for the started you substances to look at what the impact is on the development of the brain and on the growth trajectories in general. we're looking at much more than just exposure to cannabis, although in fact, the changing laws and the emergence of electronic cigarettes, all of those things are what prompted the study but now we have a much broader group of institutes that are interested, we are also looking at screen time and physical exercise and what are the resilient factors that could protect somebody. but we think this is an extremely important issue for us to understand, and as i said right now, what keeps us up at night is really the effects of brain development. >> good afternoon. for the past 20 years i been the president and ceo of care and treatment centers and for the past 35 years i've been in

. >> reporter: she founded the development at nih. >> there would be no research that has helped shapeinstitute does not exist without eunice. >> she is a force of nature, a revolutionary, tough, funny, smart, and a change agent of the highest magnitude. when i think of a kennedy woman, that's what i want that picture to be. >> and her catholic faith was really her north star. that's really where it all stemmed from. it's so funny, you think about it. they called cnn and said you do hours of kennedys and never once have you mentioned eunice. when you look at her legacy, you are amazed she is left out of history. >> everything that eunice did was so impactful. and we don't know. >> maria was saying, she wasn't so lovey-dovey and huggie. but at the end of her life, she was able to cuddle up next to her mom without her pushing her away. and she will treasure that moment. >> one of maria's books, she said eunice said i'll love you in heaven. like she'll be able to love her the way she wants to. it's amazing. >> it's worth reading. it's a great history lesson. >>> coming up, we're going to

. >> reporter: according to the nih, exposure to very high concentrations of propane can cause death by suffocation. according to "the des moines register," the paper was contacted by a man who says he also stayed at the same resort several years ago and complained back then to a property manager about the strong smell of gas from the water heater. he says that it was so bad he shut it off and only used the propane for a shower. >> that's what's most chilling about it. they didn't know even though they were awake and watching television. >> apparently the smell wasn't that strong for them. >> oh, gosh, okay, linsey, thank you very much. >>> you know the masters is teeing off today. we have big news, a first for augusta national and nothing short of a milestone in women's golf. the home of the masters tees off this morning. has announced it will hold its first-ever women's tournament next year. now, keep in mind, until six years ago women were banned from membership at the club. condoleezza rice, the former secretary of state, was one of the first female members to be invited by the c

the head of the nih, that deals with drugs, tells us that there are physical changes in the brain with addiction. making it a disease and which we have to treat it that way. but we made some progress on reducing the prescription pill abuse, some, not much. in my state and district quite a bit. but it is being replaced by heroin which is cheaper. the real problem, mr. attorney general as you know, with heroin and fentanyl an elephant sedative from china by way of mexico as you say one speck of salt-sized piece of fentanyl is fatal. and the heroin users are realizing that the heroin they are using is laced with fentanyl so the user doesn't know the dosage and die. and the fentanyl problem with heroin is the new fatal tryst. what can you tell us about trying to stop the throw of fentanyl from china through mexico through drug cartels in mexico and the distribution system in the u.s., what can you tell us about that? and are we making progress on fentanyl prevention? >> i think you sum that up very well. that is the situation we are facing today in america and around the world. china is th

, it is used in a lot of different ways historically, everything from building highways together to nih investments in healthcare and so forth. the way that i would use it is to see it as what are mutually beneficial things that the government, the public side, and the private side, primarily, a commercial industry, but i would also include universities, nonprofits and civil society, what are mutually beneficial things that they can do with specific projects? one side than the other, or they might be the same. the example that i would use is the co-creation of technology, what i was saying before. the government is good at creating certain technologies in the commercial sector is good at creating different kinds of technology. how can they work together in a mutually beneficial way to come up with technologies that they both want. they are chipping in at different times. i see this as a partnership in a sense that it is not a one- way street. it is separate from contracting, for example. this is where the government would provide money and in return gets a service or product, it is more

health is $30 billion a year and not all of -- for example, the drug development is coming out of that nih research. companies do a lot on their own as well. on theere to rely only federally sponsored research, there would be very little innovation that would be coming into the food and agriculture sector. >> the you believe as michael does that the guidelines around that are rigorous enough? >> oh, yes. very much so. ,rom the company's perspective what the agencies are doing is holding them responsible for the safety of their products. holding them responsible for the truth of what they say in their labels. from my perspective, i think it is appropriate that companies are sponsoring research. with all of the consolidation that has occurred in the food industry over the last seven -- several decades, one of the consequences of that has been the decrease in the actual research facilities that food companies have these days. so, they are increasingly looking to university-based scientists to do specific studies for them. yeah, i do think it is thatpriate, the controls the regulatory agencies

as far as med inial issues this is issue this nih has done work on. it has several billions dollars that appropriations has allocated to them to be able to study pain medication that is are nona tick tive to try to address that. was entirely appropriate to do. we have an opioid epidemic. i've not stwap an opioid epidemic switch to marijuana hand say we solved the problem. we didn't solve the problem long-term. so i would love to continue to maintain this. there are ways to manage other different kinds of thing to manage pain. but our preference would be our nation doesn't become more addicted to marijuana to solve our opioid addiction. with that let me mention a couple of things. budget related you made recommendations moving some things around specifically with atf. and i'd like to get a chance to talk to you more about that what proposals are you making with atf in particular to work on some of that? >> atf originally came out of department of treasury because revenue collected revenue. the old moon shining chasing atf guys because you weren't payin

i also want to the add that the nih and other places are working on pain medications all the time that less addictive. so there's a future for that as well. but we have to watch out for those who need it, no question. stuart: on the program actor jeremy miller. i want to run a sound bite from the interview we did with him about his experience using an implant to treat his alcoholism. roll tape. >> within hours i started noticing the effects. and what you notice is what's not there, that constant obsessive need. it just kind of vanished. i mean, it was like a light switch got turned off for me. stuart: this was an implant inside him that released a small amount of a drug on a regular basis that cut his craving for alcohol. seems to me like a pretty good thing. >> as he said to you on the show yesterday, it's been around a long time. this implant will work 3-6 months. it doesn't work for everyone. it works for some people, it works for some people on opioids as well. fda hasn't approved the device, but all the parts are approved. fda is now looking at it. in other words, you can use it e

the potential advances we're seeing at nih and the private sector, like nonaddictive pain killers andwing e methods of addiction treatment, are incredible. as they get closer to reality, we look forward to partnering with states and private partners to understand how these can best be put into practice. the third is pain management. we need to do a better job of addressing the real problem with pain in america, which is why hhs wants to ensure everything we do, payments, prescribing guidelines, best practices, and more, promotes healthy evidence-based method of pain management. we look forward to continuing to work with you on disseminating best approximates, including through the work of the federal interagency pain management task force we're standing up. fourth is better targeted over overdose reversing drugs. people in communities all across america in our own cities and towns, are alive today because of she progress that has been made in making drugs naloxone available when they're needed. so wore,ing with cow to make sure communicates have access to these life saving drugs throu