The Latest Breaking News from The National Institutes of Health

America has already lost its global competitive edge in science, and funding cuts proposed in early 2025 may further a precipitous decline.

Republican-run states may see worst fallout from slashes to NIH medical funding as maternal mortality climbs in US

Overnight, Robert F. Kennedy Jr was confirmed as the secretary of the US Health and Human Services Department. Put simply, this makes him the most influential figure in overseeing the health and wellbeing of more than 330 million Americans.

Biomedical research in the U.S. is world-class in part because of a long-standing partnership between universities and the federal government.

NIH plans to reduce indirect costs on research grants, sparking concerns and praise over potential impacts on research activities and savings.

President Donald Trump’s order declaring diversity, equity and inclusion policies illegal has thrown into doubt the future of research Kendra Dahmer has been doing on intestinal parasites in India and Benin

NIH fellows say policy changes including funding freeze would ‘severely limit’ researchers’ ability to do their work

The many controversial people appointed to the Trump administration, from Elon Musk to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have at least one thing in common: They dislike and distrust experts.

In the early days of the second Trump administration, a directive to pause all public communication from the Department of Health and Human Services created uncertainty and anxiety among biomedical researchers in the U.S. This directive halted key operations of numerous federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health, including…

In a letter, three Maryland Democrats said they had "grave concerns" that Trump's move would do lasting damage

Federal advisory committee meetings crucial for scientific funding decisions canceled by HHS, impacting US academic research.