Harold Varmus

Harold Varmus is a professor at Weill Cornell Medicine and a former director of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute. He is the author of The Art and Politics of Science.

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The World Doesn’t Yet Know Enough to Beat the Coronavirus

The urge to reopen society far outpaces scientific discovery. Ten scientists offer a plan to close the gap.
- Harold Varmus
- May 9, 2020