that is nih funding for the district. this funding is art events critical research efforts, strength in the future economy, and growth opportunities in my community. but my hope, my hope is this is replicated in cities and in small towns and rural areas across the country. we have to move it beyond our cities, areas -- and across the country. as we continue to bellow this transformative investment please the president budget request for 2023 proposes an increase of nearly $4.3 billion to nih. included in the budget request is a proposal to increase research to address health disparities on the opioid crisis to major in issues impacting the health of far too many across the nation. particular gratis to the proposed $50 million increase for universal flu vaccine research and development an issue i've been fighting to address it for years appeared on the request with gun violence prevention research at nih building out the investment subcommittee has made over the past three years. despite all the great investments of the bi

that's nih funding for the district. this funny has already advanced reticle research efforts, strengthen the future economy and growing opportunitiessunitst request for 2023 proposes an increase of nearly a $4.3 billin for nih. i'm pleased the proposed increase research to address health disparities and thehe opioid crisis. to make major issues impacting the health far too many across the nation.he particularly glad to see the proposed $50 million increase for universal flu vaccine research and development an issue i have been fighting to address for years. and the request would double funding for gun violence prevention research nih building off investment the subcommittee has made over the past few years. despite all the great investment in the bill, however, i am concerned about the lack of balance between the budget request for arpa-h and the request for other more quote traditional nih activities. i know the the president fir 123 budget request for nih was developed before the 2022 omnibus was enacted and might've

work at the nih in our own campus as well as nih funded investigators throughout the world working on what's called image designed to do work that led to the ability to stabilize the optimal immunogen. in this case it was a spike protein which allowed us to go from realization of a new pathogen on january 9 getting into a phase 1 trial in 65 days and 11 month datahaving a safe and effective vaccine . we did that because the investment referring to right now looking forward we had what's called a prototype pandemic preparedness plan which means you do just whati believe your alluding to . you develop a number of families. there are about 20 families that are all that high risk and of those there are seven families of viruses that if you do the fundamental work of looking at the commonalities among them and develop diagnostic tests and do that now and if you don't get the resources now congress has been very generous up till now but if we don't get the resources we need we are not going to be able to do the kind of preparedness not only for vaccines but also for targeted development of

so, as the nih's americas nih is medical research agency, bloodwork have we done at nih, what has been done to determine if this use of these medicines, the off label use is appropriate for minors seeking gender transforming care? >> they fund a small number of observational studies to gather the data on the effects of treatments that the transgender youth and their parents have chosen. and there's also a small number of studies that describe the health issues and risks. all of the research in this space is observational. we don't do interventional -- >> one thing a decision made by an adult and especially given the irreversible nature of some of the treatments isn't there some wisdom in the notion that there would be some more research done on the impact? >> as you know transgender youth are more vulnerable to depression and anxiety and engaging in self harm so it's important that we examine and evaluate the potential effects of the treatments. researchers are observing longer-term psychological impacts so by looking with and without, we will be able to better answer the type of quest

the work that nih is a contributor in closing i want to stress that each dollar invested in the nih's the down payment of her future. in the past and it will change the course of disease protection in the course for years to come the shared objectives is unwavering and bipartisan thank you to the witnesses for being here. i yield back. >> your full written testimony will be entered into the recognized you are recognized for five minutes for your opening statement. >> thank you chair and distinguish subcommittee members. i am honored to be here today with my colleagues representing the national institutes of health. this is a time for nih for the biomedical research community to be examined all efforts during the covid pandemic we were thrown by the urgency of the moment nih sees the opportunity to defy the new normal i am committed to new strategies and invoices and a renewed focus on the future now is the time to reflect on the work to address covid and sustained investment in nih research set the stage for mrna technology and design key to development of safe and effective vaccines

nih is any period of transition. if there's one lesson to be learned from the pandemic, it's that the nations success depends on medical research infrastructure across the country supported by nih. now is not the time to abandon that a goal. now is the fact in time to make it even stronger, and i hope the original or the eventual budget that we propose to our colleagues in the senate and to the whole congress will reflect that determination to make it stronger across the board rather than the way this budget proposal looks at nih. thank you for your comments and for the chance to speak and for holding this hearing. >> thank you. i will now introduce the witnesses. we have the acting director of the national institutes of health, doctor anthony fauci is the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, doctor gibbons is the director of the national heart, lungs and blood institute, doctor joshua gordon as the director of the nationall institute of mental health and the director of the national

does the nih have more information today? guest: eco-health alliance has said " we do not have that information. it is in china. we cannot get it back out." as you heard when the world health organization tried to look at this lab, they were not allowed to look around very much. china has censored reporting on this topic. they have admitted to destroying lab samples in the past. i mentioned that database. there is reason to think any evidence that might link that lab to covid would likely have been destroyed at this point. some people think " maybe nih knows more about what was happening under this grant." house republicans on the energy committee have a covid investigation. they have been trying to get more information from nih and others and eco-health alliance. they have not gotten a whole lot of information. as the minority they cannot just subpoena information from eco-health alliance or others and the democrats have not wanted to do that. that is something that could change, if republicans win the house. that is somethi

anthony fauci and former nih director francis collins h.w because these kickbacks could create potential conflicts of interest , watchdog groups believe the payments should be fully disclosed. instead, the nih appears to be withholding the information . in fact, the groupup open the books says nih defines a freedom of information request to give up the data so the group's and one. but even then they say the nihg is slow o walking the information, releasing only partial data and the data that is being released is heavily redacted, making it impossible to know exactly how much each scientist e is getting. so the documents only provide the total number of payments and the totalal dollar amount. for example, between 2009 and 2014 there were twenty two thousand one hundred royalty payments too 17 hundred nih scientists totaling one hundred thirty four million dollars. open the books estimates by twenty twenty the total payments exceeded three hundred fifty million dollars and for the record from 2009 to 2014.he dr. fauci who makes four hundred f

does the nih have more information today?: eco-health alliance has said " we do not have that information. it is in china. we cannot get it back out." as you heard when the world health organization tried to look at this lab, they were not allowed to look around very much. china has censored reporting on this topic. they have admitted to destroying lab samples in the past. i mentioned that database. there is reason to think any evidence that might link that lab to covid would likely have been destroyed at this point. some people think " maybe nih knows more about what was happening under this grant." house republicans on the energy committee have a covid investigation. they have been trying to get more information from nih and others and eco-health alliance. they have not gotten a whole lot of information. as the minority they cannot just subpoena information from eco-health alliance or others and the democrats have not wanted to do that. that is something that could change, if republicans win the house. that is something we

couldn't we cut the 2 million nih if someone sneezes on the food in front of you in the cafeteria ifou are more or less likely to eat the food. cut the many japanese quail whether or not they are more sexually promiscuous when you give them cocaine? if we are not willing to cut the budget they don't want to cut money they don't want to cut spending they say put it on my tab but we have been doing that for decades and that is why we have a 30 trillion-dollar debt and axroaring inflation. if you want to pay for this with the tax triple the gas tax that will be popular and people really want to send this money so badly they are willing to triple the gas tax if we're honest that's a people would propose that would guarantee five-dollar gas for the foreseeable future i'm sure that would be popular people think it's a great idea to spend $40 billion overseas here is your bill. put it on our tab. uncle sam's tab is full and complete i am not clear for raising taxes but it is irresponsible to borrower many. makes us weaker not stronger. let's be honest. and doesn't seem to care how much we s

couldn't we maybe cut the $2 million nih spent studying cafeterias to see if someone in front of you sneezes on the food whether you're more or less hikely to eat that food. couldn't we cut the money spent on japanese quail, whether they're more sexually promiscuous or not when you give them cocaine? or if we're not willing to cut the budget couldn't we ask the american people to stay up and pay a war tax? if this is popular to the people, why don't we offer to tax them in exchange for this? guess what, the american people don't want to cut spending in the budgets. at least their representatives don't, they don't want to cut taxes for this, they say put it on my tab. we've been doing this for decades and why we have $30 trillion debt and roaring inflation. if you want to pay for this with a tax, you could triple the gas tax. i'm guessing that's going to be really popular and people really want to send that money so badly they'd be willing to triple the gas tax. if we were honest, that's what the people for this would prp. >> that would be for the future. all alternatively, they could

there are things that are specific to covid and there are active investigation that the nih is fundingow. kriti: i have to ask about re-infections. what does the science say about that? >> people are getting reinfected for sure. your immune system, if you are vaccinated and exposed is much better educated and able to deal with it. it is not an entirely new virus that you are getting infected with. continue to do what you can. that is to get vaccinated and boosted. kriti: she is a senior scholar at the john hopkins hospital. we'd look at the s&p 500, up 1.7%. the dollar continues to weaken, white -- down .6%. nasdaq does not stay into the close, we will see. i am kriti gupta. ♪ ♪♪ this... is the planning effect. this is how it feels to know you have a wealth plan that covers everything that's important to you. this is what it's like to have a dedicated fidelity advisor looking at your full financial picture. making sure you have the right balance of risk and reward. and helping you plan for future generations. this is "the planning effect" from fidelity. mark: keeping you up today with

the gao foundbo that from 2010 o 2021 none of the agencies within hhs, cdc, fda, nih had a report of political interference. do you recall anyone at the cdc if they felt and were so concerned about political interference thatif they resign? >> i don't recall that, candace, do you. >> i'm not aware of anything like that. >> the administration announced in availability for both vaccine boosters for all adults before the cdc and fda finished reviewing the data to determine if this was necessary and in fact in contrast to the political interference in the president brought up to officials left the agency amid reports of political interference saying they were concerned about politics interfering and i have a report i would ask for unanimous consent to be submitted through the committee. >> without objection. >> i will submit that to you. thank you so much and i will yield back my time. >> thank you for yielding back the time. the chair now recognizes mr. raskin for five minutes. >> mr. chair man, thank you for calling this crucial hearing. the great astrophysicist neil degrasse he tyson

come back to the cdc and its role in the pandemic, cms, the center for medicare, medicaid services, nih an up or something i know that is dear i can get and give substance of abuse and mental health services. this is a fast agency with a broad set of responsibilities. how do you, you've been in the now, how would you go about setting the immediate priorities for the organization? i know covid as at the top of your list and want to spend a lot of time on covid because that's of interest to all of us but talk a little bit about yous view the job in the beginning and how you set the priorities for your term. >> so dr. coles, your right to some degree our priorities were set by circumstance. covid being upon his required us to tackle that first and foremost. so job one had to be covid, covid, covid. we believe that if we do covid right and we address this pandemic that will be able to whole lot more because covid expose so many of the gaps, the holes that our public health system has. if we learned from those lessons will be able to improve our system, which is always the most expensive in

government, and particularly the nih has the early emails say if people learn about this, they will be antiscience or they will hate china. i don't hate china. i think it's one of the great civilizations on earth. i'm certainly not antiscience. but science is about truth. i think we got committed to tell a story and pretend as we did with hitler's. pretending he was going to make the trains run on time. host: charlie is calling from roslyn heights, new york. caller: i'm enjoying this conversation. i found out the truth is very complex. i feel like these two people are really bashing stalin and if what they are saying is true, they should be bashing him. at the same time, stalin played a very important part in getting rid of nazism and hitler's. as a patriotic american, i'm happy for that. how did they feel about that? guest: i think you are right. first of all, i do think stalin's role is a little overplayed. remember, stalin signed a treaty with hitler's dividing poland. stalin initially accommodated hitler's invasion and destruction of friends. -- france. then he had the soviet union

but majora beyond tech some people at the nih a few others. they thought this mrn anything could work, but it was no sure thing one more reason to and gonna emphasize this. we need to appreciate the enormity of this achievement and i don't think we really do and again, we weren't sure that the thing would work at the end in 2019 early 2020, but it's thanks to these researchers who said we're gonna we're gonna of you, we're going to prove the world and we're going to throw ourselves into this thing so that those are two of the the vaccines. that's the pfizer met beyond tech vaccine and that's the modern vaccine. those are mrna vaccines the other vaccine approach. i write about i start with aids and the search for an hiv vaccine. and i do so for a few reasons and that's kind of how i started starting my book partly because i keep doing this research and i'm writing about the vaccine approaches and i kept hearing about aids vaccine age vaccine. oh, yeah, then the aids vaccine greg and i was like guys corrected if i'm wrong, but we don't have an a

nih is doing some interesting studies on imaging, trying to detect changes in the brain, following blast overpressure exposure. the department of defense has put $1.5 billion towards tbi research, but not a lot to show for it. the other thing i will say is since 9/11, there has been a lot of legislative action that has been put in the pipeline, and having been the former senate sergeant at arms for four years, i got an eye on that but when you look at the amount of legislation that has been written to address tbi, moral injury, substance use disorder, ptsd, other combat related or deployment related issues that affect our military, very little has come out the other end. there needs to be accountability for when this legislation and direction is given to the department to do x. is somebody following up, to verify that has been done or has been done to the level of expectation? this is part of the problem that we have been experiencing on why we have not moved closer to the end zone on this. host: let's hear from john, in virginia on our line for veterans. you're on with frank larkin. cal

thehe nih autopsy series, 44 patients also died in the hospital, evidence of the virus replicating afterspiratory infection. have a new book called "courage to face covid." none of these patients who died received early treatments before the hospital. dan: coming up, pro abortion activists going right to the doorsteps of supreme court justices. why? to intimidate them of course. you won't believe what happened when we hit the treats to find out what people thought those tactics. >> do you this okay? dan: welcome back to "unfiltered." the supreme court isk expected o issue a round of opinions monday. we don't know when they will hand down the dobbs roe v. wade ruling. it's empowered by leftist democrats who don't understand how dangerous it is to a functioning republic. we hit the streets to find out if people are okay with this type of behavior. >> what is your reaction to people screaming and intimidating supreme court justices outside their houses. >> i feel their anger. as a woman i feel like my rights have been violated. >> do you think intimidating a judge is okay? >> yeah. >> it co

year tens of millions of dollars in royalties or kickbacks flows back to doctors and scientists that nih. for the world they have done on various he can permanent and treatment much of royalty money comes from natural pharmaceutical companies and scientist getting royal tease including big names as you mentioned liking fa auc.ni hi director fran his colin now because kick about a create potential con fling of interests, watch dog groups believer payment should being fully disclosed. in stayed ni hi appears to be withholding the information. in fact the group open the books says ni hi defied freedom of information request to give up the data. so group sued and won. but even then, they say the ni hi slow walking the information releasing only partial data and the data that is being released is heavily redacted making it impossible to know exactly how much each scientist getting documents only provide total number of payment and total dollar am for example between 2009 and 20114 interest were 22, 1 0u7bz to 1700 ni hi scientist. totalling $134 million. open books estimate by 202 the total p

i'm not sure i can answer that any authority because that is not essentially what we do here at the nih. there will be a time obviouslyat when an examination of the level of infection and the level ofe impact in the country will then dictate whether it's pulled back as an emergency. i don't think i will be able to give your really good answer on that. >> doctor there were several obviously things there from dr. fauci in particular the virus becoming an endemic infection. we are not there yet he says. >> this is a virus that was always destined to be an epidemic rates a respiratory virus and viral family was always going to go that way. in endemic infection does not overwhelm hospitals. it has taken some time. think what dr. fauci sing us correct but we don't see it causing major disruption 3000 deaths per day and overwhelming hospitals. we are at a different point to where we still cases they are still disruptive. but the part of a possible spring overwhelmed the 3000 daily deaths seems to have gone. and in many ways we are probably endemic. this is probably much more manageable infecti

people don't know where to go to stop a lot of those services are at hhs but is at the cdc or the nih? you got services at department of justice and there is no one coordinating these issues. our recommendation is eradicating. we think they should guide the implications of four measures and we were that the report. there are metrics that people around the country would help them understand better what's going on the moment. one of those recommendations is er admissions. that's a better and real-time metric than waiting for someone to die. the director needs to be restored to cabinet level rank. we simply cannot treat this with the urgency it deserves unless the director doesn't have a cabinet level ranking and can't be in the mannings and able to work alongside this in level as the other cabinet members from others who have a dog in this fight. we suggest that congress consider the appropriate placement of the dfc program. we feel the work of a data -- be could be done better with other agencies. want to lift omdcp back up. >> thank you. we heard from senator manchin and dr. gupta on

progress was very slow and there wasn't a great sense of urgency actually get answers, and i think the nih program that got so much funding, it is observational which means that they are just kind of watching patients and how they develop over time, there is not necessarily an intervention to try and make them feel better, so i think it was a pretty scathing report and as i talk to experts, some of them were reluctant to speak to the media because the nih is such an important source of funding for researchers, their research depends on being able to get these projects funded, so i think some of them were nervous to speak publicly about that. host: aaron in silver spring, maryland. we are talking about the covid-19 federal response spending. caller: thank you for having me. a quick question. has the white house explained why the american rescue plan act money for vaccination and testing is inadequate? have they talked about why that amount of appropriation was not enough? guest: yes, there was some detailed information that has come out now, about where that money went and certainly, i thin

quirks exactly weird active discussion about studies that we might do here at the nih but our own studyabilities as well as with the people from pfizer. in fact we have been direct communication with them. we will continue that about what the best study to do, to determine whether or not we need a longer course or not. that is imminent. not only talking about that planning what studies we are going to be doing relatively soon with the next few days. quirks on the under five i will just say i think there's actually quite a bit of urgency. the fda has all the data for a moderna. they're going through right now. and thought that continues. we have been hearing from our colleagues at fda that evaluation is moving as quickly as possible. i want to remind folks because often people bring up with some of the other pediatric vaccines time from submission to authorization was a little bit shorter. this is the first pediatric vaccine when moderna has submitted all of its data prayer there's a lot of data here fda is going through. i think we all feel the sense of urgency. we want to get this done

nih is investigating what causes it and potential treatments and a bright spot is several studies showated or vaccinated after symptoms do develop some protection against developing long covid. shortening the duration of their symptoms in the long run so that's a bright spot. >> for sure. dr. gupta, thank you >>> vladimir putin plan to attend november's g20 summit very likely to cross paths with president biden. how should the u.s. and allies handle it? a guest joins me with perspective next. we hit the bike trails every weekend shinges doesn't care. i grow all my own vegetables shingles doesn't care. we've still got the best moves you've ever seen good for you, but shingles doesn't care. because 1 in 3 people will get shingles, you need protection. but, no matter how healthy you feel, your immune system declines as you age increasing your risk for getting shingles. so, what can protect you? shingrix protects. you can protect yourself from shingles with a vaccine proven to be over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does

a lot of services are at hhs even with hhs is at nih are talking who are sam said the department of justice? the there's no one coordinating all of these issues so our recommendation centers around a center of equity. we want them to triage new and emerging research and this can be included in the drug control strategy every year. as i mentioned earlier we think ownby should guide the implementationy of the core metrics and we lay the metrics out in the book. they are metrics of people around the country to use to understand better what's goingen on at the moment. emergency department admissions for drug overdose is a real-time metric for waiting someone to die and waiting for eight months for that reporter: come in. we want to improve and third governmental cooperation. and this one is key, the director needs to be restored to cabinet level ranks. we simply cannot treat this with the urgency that it deserves if the o. in p. director doesn't have a cabinet level ranking and isn't able to be in the meeting and worker alongside the same level that the other cabinets from other agencies who ha

what we've seen going forward with the cdc, the fda, nih and everything we've seen, seen people in playover the last few months with covid. i have no confidence in the biden administration or regulatory agencies to do what is right for the american people. we've seen them fail time and time again, just another example of failure. >> carley: baby formula is not the only shortage. gas prices are at record high and this week the biden administration cancelled massive oil and gas lease to allow for drilling on over million acres of land in alaska. drilling is what needs to happen to lower gas prices. the reason the biden administration did this, they say there are no oil companies who want to purchase this land. why would that be the case? >> that is not the case. people, oil and gas industry do not want to invest in drilling on gas, biden administration made it clear they will shut them down. you may get a lease to drill, you will not get other permits for the roads, for pipelines for anything else, i was in the permian basin and cost for people are going through the roof. this is biden ad

nih is doing some interesting studies on imaging, trying to detect changes in the brain, following blast overpressure exposure. the department of defense has put $1.5 billion towards tbi research, but not a lot to show for it. the other thing i will say is since 9/11, there has been a lot of legislative action that has been put in the pipeline, and having been the former senate sergeant at arms for four years, i got an eye on that but when you look at the amount of legislation that has been written to address tbi, moral injury, substance use disorder, ptsd, other combat related or deployment related issues that affect our military, very little has come out the other end. there needs to be accountability for when this legislation and direction is given to the department to do x. is somebody following up, to verify that has been done or has been done to the level of expectation? this is part of the problem that we have been experiencing on why we have not moved closer to the end zone on this. host: let's hear from john, in virginia on our line for veterans. you're on with frank larkin. cal

that is not essentially what we do here at the nih. there will be a time obviously when an examination of the level of infection and the level of impact in the country will then dictate whether or not it's pulled back as an emergency. i don't think i can be able to give you a really good answer on that. >> doctor amesh adalja, there were several things there from dr. fauci. in particular his comments about the virus becoming an endemic infection. we are not there yet, he says. >> yeah, this is a virus that was always destined to become endemic. it's efficiently spreading respiratory virus from a viral family that's well-established. it has an animal host. it was always going to go that way. the key thing is, and endemic infection doesn't overwhelm hospitals. so, it has taken some time for it to get and mississippi. i think what doctor fauci is saying is correct. we don't see endemic disease is causing disruption, causing 3000 deaths per day in the hospitals. we are in a different point now. we still have a good -- at least the part of

the house probation subcommittee white to comply with those chinese scientists requests, he defended nih was never actually deleted but just put on a private drive. worried about a hollywood lawyer acting in hunter biden's confidant. the white house sees a potential liability. he gave hunter $2 million to pay off tax debts which are being probed by federal grand jury. he is also writing a documentary about hunter's light. the white house reportedly think the moves of hunter biden's controversial's overseas business dealings and laptop scandal. again, carley, when are you paying who million dollars of my debt? i thought we were friends. >> carley: never. >> todd: we will talk about it now and we talk about it all the time, it never seems to end. president biden yesterday it not to address the blood shipment to raise money for the dnc. so will democrats ever handle the problems that they are creating? we will hear on that next. >> this small town america. we have blue-collar workers in this area. the middle-class and the lower class, they are feeling if the worst. >> carley: a message for

elizabeth: doctor, also the bullying and stonewalling from the nih, dr.origins of the pandemic. >> yeah. elizabeth: we have scientists from mit, stanford, numerous academic research institutions looking at the origins of the pandemic. they're looking at the genomic sequence, you and i, doctor, talked about this, the genetic fingerprint of the covid-19 virus does not exist in nature. they have never found it. it exactly matches what they were working on in the wuhan lab. so i don't know how you get around that, dr. murphy. >> well you can't and w.h.o. gave china, 10 months, 10 months to sterilize their lab, to evacuate anything of any material. they go in of course, say everything is okay. well it's wrong. i'm sorry. i'm a physician. what it is, is what it is and the fact that you will never convince me that virus did not come out of that lab. so just the opposite. we've seen so many times where things were attempted to be hidden by scientists that both here in the united states and in china, that really you know, it is a smoking gun. elizabeth: what if tr

does the nih have plans to start clinical trials for treatment of this? >> absolutely.tting together large cohorts of people. first of all, i want to make the audience realize, it's a real problem. there's variable percentages. it ranges from anywhere from 5% to 20% to 30% of people who after they get over the acute phase from the lingering of signs and symptoms that for some people can be incapacitating. extreme fatigue, particularly upon moderate exercise, sleep disturbances, inability to concentrate and focus. it is real. we take it very seriously. we are putting together a number of cohorts to try and determine what the underlying cause is, what the pathogenic neck nich p are. is there any intervention to slow it down or prevent it or, in fact, when people do get long covid, what we can do to treat it. it's a very high priority for us. >> thank you for all of that. great medical advice from dr. anthony fauci. thank you. >> good to be with you. thank you. >>> stonewalled. one lone u.s. senator keeping funding for more weapons to ukraine at a critical phase of the war

in fact, we're in active discussion about studies that we might do here at the nih, with our own studyll as with the people from pfizer. in fact, we have been in rather direct communication with them, and we'll continue that, about what the best study to do to determine whether or not we need a longer course or not. so that's - that's imminent. we're going to be not only talking about that, we're going to be planning what studies we're going to be doing relatively soon. within the next few days, we're going to meet. dr. jha: and on the under-five, i'll just say that i think there is actually quite a bit of urgency. the fda now has all the - i think they have all the data for moderna, and they're going through it right now. and so that continues. and i have - you know, we've been in - we've been hearing from our colleagues at fda that that evaluation is moving as quickly as possible. i want to remind folks - because often people bring up, "well, with some of the other pediatric vaccines, the time from submission to authorization was a little bit shorter." you know, this is the first ped

lots of theories out there, the nih is dedicating a lot of resources to understanding what's happening bright spot that's come up in study after study is people who are vaccinated even after they foe tension alley become infected do dramatically reduce the chance that is they are going to develop long covid. it's not perfect but it really offers some protection against the long duration of these symptoms. brianna, john? >> so many people looking for answers there. >>> "new day" continues right now. i'm john berman, with brianna keilar on this new day. evacuations under way at the mariupol stronghold in ukraine where hundreds of civilians are trapped and taking fire from russian forces. >>> plus, a manhunt this morning for an alleged killer and a corrections officer. did she help him escape? the sheriff joins us live. >>> and the special grand jury convenes, it begins in the investigation of donald trump's interference, alleged interference, in the georgia election. >>> and an emotional honor, naomi judd's daughters ashley and wynonna appearing at their mother's hall of fame induction j

who was the head of the nih? it has just become sort of a co-advisor to ostp. um, you know is very very religious has written a bunch of books and is also in favor of using stem cells for research purposes. so if somewhere in the back of your mind, you're thinking i don't this stuff feels a little bit like it it doesn't mesh with what i think about the future again, we would encourage you to keep an open mind and it's more important to have that open mind right now because of some important things that are happening. sars co v2 the virus that causes covid-19 acted as a catalyst for a lot of what we talk about in the book for genetic sequencing. that's like figuring out what the code is and synthesis. that's the printing part that andrew was talking about in effect. it kind of broke us free of our mental models for how to detect a pathogen how to inoculate people just how we think about some of this stuff and that created this flywheel and so there's been significant investment and lots of different places. there's some biotech veterans. they're raised three bil