Congressional delegation sends letter calling for answers on safety stand-down at NIAID lab

Congressional delegation sends letter calling for answers on safety stand-down at NIAID lab

Members of the congressional delegation for Frederick County this week sent a letter to federal agency heads calling for answers about the safety stand-down at a Fort Detrick research facility.

Dems press for answers on work pause at infectious disease facility

In a letter Tuesday to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya, Democratic members of Maryland’s congressional delegation questioned the research pause at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick in Frederick (IRF-Frederick). The letter was sent by U.S. Rep. April McClain Delaney…