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 ...