in 2017, n.i.h. reversed the ban on gain-of-function research. why was n.i.h. allowed to make such an important decision unilaterally? i was relieved to hear dr. collins express about transparency from china, but getting answer out of beijing won't end the investigation. the american people have suffered for almost two years under the threat of illness and economic collapse. i.t. not too much to demand that their own government live up to the same standards we all agree we should hold our research partners to. tennesseans want answers from the n.i.h. they're also still reeling over the price tag of this infrastructure bill, over the past few days, i've gotten a lot of calls and text messages from people back home. i've stood right here and i've spoken about how tennesseans are confused about this process. i want to amplify something for those who may not have caught my remarks. tennesseans aren't talking about process or pay-fors. they don't follow the senate rules. what they're confused about is why my democratic colleagues are in such a rush to spend money we

i just want to say one other thing, i neglected at the beginning to thank maureen and the n.i.h. for their sustained and continued engagement in the conferences. we greatly appreciate it. stephen: adeeba, we are so grateful you have been with us for this hour. it's just terrific. so valuable. offer your closing thoughts, please. adeeba: thanks very much, steve. optimism and strength i think the investment it that the u.s. and the global science community has put into hiv-aids, as we know, before covid as well. i think moving forward that long-standing investment will continue to do us well. we saw many, many good science being presented at the conference, and i remain optimistic that good science will continue. even if there will probably be some setbacks in terms of funding. the energy that was transmitted, i think even virtually for many presenters, particularly young researchers continue to have much higher -- so i remain optimistic. like i said hope to be at the meeting to see how the advances that happened last 18 months with covid science and research we can incorporate tha

both investigators at universities and n.i.h., industry, are all looking if they can find an antiviral medicine that could act early and potentially at the first sign of disease or even after exposure prevent you from getting sick. we really need those. they have been very hard to find. even tamiflu like you mentioned, once you are sick, it moderately reduces the severity and length of your illness, but it's a very good thing. we definitely need that. one advantage of something like that would be as long as the virus doesn't become resistant to it, but as long as that doesn't happen, these different variants could potentially be susceptible to a good antiviral. so there were a couple promising ones under study that looked good in test tubes, but you know, it's a long way from the test tube to being sure something works in humans. most things that work in the test tube don't work in humans, but i am optimistic there are two or three things in human testing and let's hope that one of them can have an impact. host: we will go to rebecca next in burlington, vermont. hi, rebecca. caller: he

. >> yes and it was one day after an announcement had been made by the n.i.h.ey would be conducting clinical testing on remdesivir one day. the senator's staff is pointing to the one day obscure announcement as evidence that kelly paul's motive, if it was in fact to profit from gilead's new drug that at the time was the only treatment known for covid-19, the only one really being seriously considered, that it was public. it had been public for a day, two days but, yeah, the timing of very interesting. >> very quickly. has senator paul expressed any regret or his wife over? this bureaucratic mishap? >> no, they have not the senate is not in session friday night in washington in august, they have not. we reached out to the senate ethics committee today they didn't get back to us i think it's fair to expect they'll look more closely at this one of the other things that's so strange about this is it doesn't fit the pattern for ten years that senator paul and his wife had had mutual funds, some blind trusts for their children. never had a single stock when an ethics

that's one reason the head of the n.i.h. supports the growing number of businesses asking customers for proof of vaccination. >> as a public health person who wants to see this pandemic end, yes, i think anything we can do to encourage reluctant folks to get vaccinated. because they're going to be part of the public events. that's a good thing. >> the "new york times" is reporting the white house has been recruiting social media influencer to push back against vaccine misinformation and to encourage teens to get vaccinated. now those influencers include twitch streamers, youtubers, tik tokkers, and, of course, most famously oliva rodriguez who spoke at the white house last month. >>> getting the covid shot is as important as ever with the delta variant spreading. nearly 60% of the country is in a high transmission area including nearly all of florida which is where we find cnn's randy kay with more. >> reporter: good morning. we're continuing to see a spike in covid cases here in the state of florida. more than 110,000 new c

collins at n.i.h. we have to have one person.sandra: we look at the texas governor greg abbott saying he will not reimpose mask mandates or shut down businesses again. >> texas has remained open for businesses during the course of the pandemic. safe practices are important. that said, one thing that we learned along the way is lockdowns are wrong during the course of a pandemic. >> sandra: it seems to be he is ruling that out, senator. i will finish off with this. i open from our brain room a daily covid report and tells us where we are. everybody looks at different metrics. new cases, 43% increase week over week in the entire country. the hospitalization rate which many people look to up 45% hospitalizations week over week in the united states. deaths are up 40% week over week. you see the polling, people just a couple of weeks ago thought things were getting better. not so much anymore. people are worried in the direction we're going. >> don't get distracted. the issue is the vaccine. we need to spend all of our efforts trying

crime to lie to congress, do you wish to retract your statement of may 11 where you claim that the n.i.h. never funded gain of function research in wuhan? >> senator paul, i have never lied before the congress and i do not retract that statement. this paper that you're referring to was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being gain of function. >> so you're saying-- >> let me finish-- >> you take an animal virus and you increase its transmissibility to humans, you're saying that's not gain of function? >> that is correct and senator paul, you do not know what you are talking about, quite frankly. ( cheers and applause ) and i want to say that officially. you do not know what you are talking about. >> stephen: okay, it's time to call it. time of death, 11:41 p.m. ( cheers and applause ) physician on call: tony fauci. cause of death: ...tony fauci. ( cheers and applause ) of course, the only way to stop the virus is to get people vaccinated. but that's quite a challenge, because a new poll found that most americans who still aren't vaccinated say nothing-- not their own

that is a message from the director of the national institutes of health, the n.i.h. dr. collins says u.s. health leaders may decide in the next couple weeks to offer boosters some time this fall. so far a third shot is not recommended for people who are just average, not immunocompromised with data indicating that vaccines are effective at protecting people from the delta variant. once that changes health care workers, people in nursing homes, and older americans would likely be the first in line. >>> health experts are weighing in on the newest covid variant in california called the lambda variant. the nonprofit cal matters is getting the word out early with fewer than 200 cases confirmed statewide at this point. the strain is spreading rapidly through south america and experts say it could be more contagious than the delta variant. there's no evidence yet that it is more infectious than the delta variant with the full data. so far it appears that vaccines are effective, but the data is preliminary. >>> a developing right now, triple-digit heat expected to remain a big

we have the n.i.h.e have pfizer saying they're going to submit data in september. and the result is parents are confused. >> so, you've asked the fda for a simple answer, which it sounds like you think should be forthcoming. what have they told you? >> well, they've provided a letter in response to the letter that we sent them from over 100 congress members, bipartisan letter. they provided a response. it's fairly short. we've also asked for an in-person -- sorry, briefing from the fda so that we can best explain this to our constituents. for me, we're not going to rush the science. we have to let the fda and let the pharmaceutical companies do their jobs and follow the process. but we can give people clear information about what those steps are and what the benchmarks are. then our goal as congress members, of course, is to share that information with our constituents. it's one of the most common questions i get asked when i'm out and about. when is my child going to be able to get vaccinated is a ques

i oversee n.i.h. with 40,000 people need to get vaccinated or if they're not to get regular testing which is inconvenient. all of those steps i think is in the right direction. maybe that's what it will take for some of those who have still been a little reluctant to say, okay, it's time. the data will support the decision. they are making the right choice for their own safety. sometimes it takes a nudge. >> should airlines require all flyers who are eligible to be vaccinated be vaccinated before boarding their planes? >> i think that's up to the airlines. i do think a case could be made for that and that would be another incentive for some of those who are reluctant. people wouldn't be surprised, i think, to start to see that happen. if you're thinking of international travel and you're not yet vaccinated, it might be time to get started. >> florida is approaching as you noted a record number of coronavirus cases. this comes as ron desan sis signed an executive order to prevent schools from requiring

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we ought to listen to the national down's syndrome society and devote more resources to research at n.i.h., to funding better settings and care for people with down's syndrome and better opportunities for their employment. there are ways to serve that community without this protectionual restriction of reproductive rights. i urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment. the presiding officer: question is on the amendment. mr. inhofe: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the presiding officer: there are 49 yeas, 50 nays. the amendment is not agreed to. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: i call up my amendment 3292. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. daines proposes amendment number 3292. mr. daines: montana's small businesses are critically important for jobs, four local economies and really bringing our communities together. through no fault of their own, many were hit very hardly the pandemic. unfortunately, some members on

n.i.h. director dr. francis collins on sunday saying the worst is yet to come.re. >> this is going very steeply upward with no signs of having peaked out. i will be surprised if we don't cross 200,000 cases a day in the next couple of weeks. the heart breaking situation. 90 million people unvaccinated sitting ducks for the virus. we're in a world of hurt and a critical juncture to do everything we can to turn it around. >> bill: couple questions for dr. nicole saphier fox news contributor. we're waiting for a peak maybe the end of august still. is the peak in sight? he says we're not there yet. >> i can tell you i respect dr. collins immensely but i don't appreciate the hype he shallly. -- the last year and a half has been bad. we won't see it that bad again. no, the worst is not yet to come. do we have rising cases in the united states right now? absolutely. in fact, we're almost at 50% of where we were during the winter months but it is not necessarily just about new cases. we know the virus is still transmitting but we have to look at our hospitalizations and

both investigators at universities and n.i.h., industry, are all looking if they can find an antiviraline that could act early and potentially at the first sign of disease or even after exposure prevent you from getting sick. we really need those. they have been very hard to find. even tamiflu like you mentioned, once you are sick, it moderately reduces the severity and length of your illness, but it's a very good thing. we definitely need that. one advantage of something like that would be as long as the virus doesn't become resistant to it, but as long as that doesn't happen, these different variants could potentially be susceptible to a good antiviral. so there were a couple promising ones under study that looked good in test tubes, but you know, it's a long way from the test tube to being sure something works in humans. most things that work in the test tube don't work in humans, but i am optimistic there are two or three things in human testing and let's hope that one of them can have an impact. host: we will go to rebecca next in burlington, vermont. hi, rebecca. caller: hello. h

both investigators at universities and n.i.h., industry, are all looking if they can find an antiviralicine that could act early and potentially at the first sign of disease or even after exposure prevent you from getting sick. we really need those. they have been very hard to find. even tamiflu like you mentioned, once you are sick, it moderately reduces the severity and length of your illness, but it's a very good thing. we definitely need that. one advantage of something like that would be as long as the virus doesn't become resistant to it, but as long as that doesn't happen, these different variants could potentially be susceptible to a good antiviral. so there were a couple promising ones under study that looked good in test tubes, but you know, it's a long way from the test tube to being sure something works in humans. most things that work in the test tube don't work in humans, but i am optimistic there are two or three things in human testing and let's hope that one of them can have an impact. host: we will go to rebecca next in burlington, vermont. hi, rebecca. caller: hello.