Government Matters (Full Show) – May 26, 2022
Officials recount evacuation of 120,000 people from Afghanistan; Leading Covid-19 treatment research at NIH and combating other diseases
Officials recount evacuation of 120,000 people from Afghanistan; Leading Covid-19 treatment research at NIH and combating other diseases
Once it became clear last summer that the Afghan government would fall, the highest priority became the quick and safe evacuation of Americans, eligible Afghans and other allies. After that, the Defense and State Departments were responsible for providing them housing and services. Those teams included Hila Hanif, director of Afghanistan strategy and policy at […]
Dr. H. Clifford Lane, clinical director at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), started his career at NIH in 1979. It was not too long afterwards that the AIDS epidemic emerged. His work was pivotal in turning an HIV diagnosis from a death sentence into […]
