In this year’s omnibus spending package, Congress approved the creation of a new federal agency tasked with funding cutting-edge biomedical research and other scientific advancements. The new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has already been given preliminary tasks, a $5 billion startup investment and a new home within the Department of Health and Human Services. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra hopes to imbue the new agency with enough autonomy to quickly innovate without being “anchored or tethered to doing things an older way.” Read More >>>