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    NIH Director 'Guardedly Optimistic' About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval By End Of 2020

    But Dr. Francis Collins says it's unlikely a vaccine will be approved before late November. He also urges people to trust health experts like Anthony Fauci who "don't really have an ax to grind."
    by James Doubek Oct 20, 2020 3 minutes
    Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, is pictured on Sept. 9 on Capitol Hill. Collins says a vaccine would not be approved for emergency use before late November at the earliest.

    Coronavirus cases appear headed for a new surge in the U.S., which could eclipse the explosion of cases in July.

    Much of the new surge is driven by cases in the Midwest and Great Plains states.

    Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, says "it was all sadly somewhat predictable."

    Hospitalizations are up in more than 40 states. The rising number of cases has not led to a corresponding rise in the number of deaths — yet.

    But Collins tells NPR's Steve Inskeep on that an increase in

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