Francis Collins, the former director of the National Institute of Health, has been diagnosed with prostrate cancer

Former NIH boss Francis Collins, 73, reveals he has prostate cancer. Collins admitted that he has been battling prostate cancer for at least a month. Collins is a lockdown advocate and former head of the National Institutes of Health. Collins, who is 73, said he is battling the disease for a month and has been diagnosed with prostate cancer since April.

Francis S. Collins, the former director of the National Institutes of Health, revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis. Collins said he knew his prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels were going up, and an increase in those can be attributed to increased PSA levels. Collins: "An increase in these can be a good thing for the public to know"