The Latest Breaking News from The National Institutes of Health

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.

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.

The practice of medicine has undergone an incredible, albeit incomplete, transformation over the past 50 years, moving steadily from a field informed primarily by expert opinion and the anecdotal experience of individual clinicians toward a formal scientific discipline.

Trump’s nominee to head the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, wants to target so-called ‘cancel culture’ at top universities

Donald Trump's health team picks includes outspoken critics of the medical establishment and COVID-19 health measures

Donald Trump has appointed a health economist who published an open letter slamming the COVID-19 lockdown while promoting "herd immunity" to lead the NIH.