Medical Research Gets Lift With NIH Veteran as New HHS Attorney (1)

Fighting undue foreign influence and other legal issues related to medical research could gain more traction under the Biden administration with the appointment of a veteran NIH attorney to a high post in the health department’s legal team.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced a series of administration posts Monday, including Barbara McGarey as deputy general counsel. McGarey returns to federal service after retiring in 2018, with a career that spanned 38 years in government including three decades at the National Institutes of Health. She spent 17 years as the agency’s top legal adviser, but she’s also ...