Former US NIH director Francis Collins on COVID-19 politics: “The culture war is literally killing people”
RNS Former National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins said he is “heartbroken” that more of his fellow white evangelicals have not received the COVID-19 vaccines. “I am just basically heartbroken in a circumstance where, as an answer to prayer, vaccines have been developed that turned out to be much better than we dared to […]
The Interview: Francis Collins on the role US churches can play in the COVID-19 vaccine push
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Dr Francis Collins, director of the US National Institutes of Health, about religious organisations and vaccine mandates, the role of churches in the vaccine rollout and his “call” encouraging religious groups to work to end the pandemic…
Health experts, faith leaders and White House target the ‘movable’ on vaccines
RNS Use your church van to deliver community members who need transportation to a COVID-19 vaccination site. Canvass the neighbourhood near your house of worship to encourage those who have not yet received a shot. Tell people you’re vaccinated, and if you had to recover a bit from the second shot, share that too. The […]
In the US, Francis Collins urges evangelicals: “Love your neighbour”, get COVID-19 vaccine
RNS Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health and an outspoken evangelical Christian, urged his fellow evangelicals, many of whom have resisted the COVID-19 vaccine, to get the shot and encourage others to do the same. “It’s not just about this decision for yourself; it’s also about the opportunity to do something […]
US health experts Fauci and Collins dispense Thanksgiving COVID-19 advice at cathedral forum
RNS Beneath the neo-Gothic arches of Washington National Cathedral, Dr Anthony Fauci mulled over the question everyone is asking: Should families gather for Thanksgiving during the coronavirus pandemic? “I think every family unit needs to do a risk assessment,” said the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at a Thursday forum. […]
Scientists hunt pandemic hotspots in race to test vaccines
London, UK/Chicago, USReuters The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic may be waning. For vaccine developers, that could be a problem. Scientists in Europe and the United States say the relative success of draconian lockdown and social distancing policies in some areas and countries means virus transmission rates may be at such low levels that […]
Not mutually exclusive: For top US virus experts, faith and science work together
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins was recently awarded the 2020 Templeton Prize. ELANA SCHOR, of Associated Press, reports on how religion is – or has been – part of life of some of the top coronavirus experts in the US…
US health chief Francis Collins wins Templeton Prize
RNS Francis Collins, world-renowned geneticist and director of the US National Institutes of Health, is the 2020 recipient of the Templeton Prize. The award, valued at £1.1 million, honours individuals who use scientific advancements to answer the deepest questions related to humanity’s existence and purpose. Collins is perhaps best known for leading the Human Genome […]
In the US, National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins on why Christians must reconcile with science
RNS On top of his duties as the director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins takes time to answer letters from Christians trying to reconcile their faith with science. At a conference last week of BioLogos, the nonprofit he founded more than 10 years ago to bridge science and faith, Collins told an audience […]
US Christian geneticist Francis Collins ponders promise, peril of biotechnology
RNS To geneticist Francis Collins, a person’s DNA can be compared to the beauty of a Gothic cathedral’s rose window. “I think that is a visual way to point out the beauty of what it is that God has given us as a creation,” Collins said as he stood below a screen at the National […]