The Latest Breaking News from NIH

Grantees were told that diversity, equity and inclusion studies "are often used to support unlawful discrimination on the basis of race.”

An experimental treatment appears to postpone Alzheimer's symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease at a young age

‘Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started,’ one scientist reportedly warned

Reductions to federal support for research at universities and other institutions under President Donald Trump are dimming young scientists’ prospects, cutting off pathways to career-building projects and graduate programs

To aid in gut health, Oz has pushed the benefits of probiotics. Do they really work?

DOGE said Thursday that it was able to save $400 million in taxpayer money in the last two days after it canceled some contracts and grants – Elon Musk has been speaking up on opposition over his department's downsizing strategies.

Researchers told to respond within 48 hours to more than 30 questions, including on DEI, gender and climate

The six-month continuing resolution before Congress would cut $1.2 billion from the Pentagon's health research into deadly diseases.

A National Institutes of Health study aims to find out whether ultraprocessed foods lead people to eat more

The Trump administration is canceling studies about ways to improve vaccine trust and access

Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, began as a “cluster of severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause” reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It had spread to 118,000 cases reported in…