The Latest Breaking News from NIH

We are witnessing the destruction of science in America

If we stay on this administration’s course, future life-saving medicines may never be invented

The Guardian - US · Apr 9, 2025

Trump administration eviscerates maternal and child health programs

Alarm over ‘the health of the nation’s children’ follows federal workforce cuts by health secretary RFK Jr

The Guardian - US · Apr 5, 2025

Estrogen may spur the body to make opioids after injury

The female sex hormone estrogen, along with progesterone, appears to underlie a fundamental difference in how males and females process pain, a mouse study finds.

LiveScience · Apr 4, 2025

Here's where jobs and programs are being cut at the nation's top health agencies

Thousands of people at the nation’s top health agencies were laid off Tuesday

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025

HHS layoffs cut deep swath through health infrastructure - Roll Call

The changes lay the groundwork for Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to streamline operations and shift to focusing on chronic disease.

Roll Call · Apr 1, 2025

The 3 Myths Supporting NIH Funding

Innovation, basic research, and economic growth do not rely on federal science funding.

Reason · Apr 1, 2025

Trump abandons long COVID patients again

Budget cuts and the dismantling of federal agencies are making it harder for patients with long COVID and ME/CFS

Salon · Apr 1, 2025

An experimental brain-computer implant is helping a stroke survivor speak again

Scientists trained an AI model that translates brain activity into sound to help a stroke survivor regain speech.

Euronews · Apr 1, 2025

Trump makes sweeping HIV research and grant cuts: ‘Setting us back decades’

Termination of at least 145 grants will decimate progress toward eliminating epidemic, scientists say

The Guardian - US · Mar 31, 2025

Cuts to science research funding cut American lives short − federal support is essential for medical breakthroughs

Nearly every modern medical treatment can be traced to research funded by the National Institutes of Health: from over-the-counter and prescription medications that treat high cholesterol and pain to protection from infectious diseases such as polio and smallpox.

The Conversation · Mar 28, 2025