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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

Women are at a significantly greater risk of developing long Covid - a chronic condition that stretches from months to even years post infection - compared to men, as per a new study. As newer aspects of the 5-year-old SARS-CoV-2 continue to emerge, it has been discovered that women have…

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.

Vitamin D deficiency can silently affect well-being and for many, symptoms are often not noticeable in the beginning, till they start affecting the daily routine. According to the National Institutes of Health, around 1 in 4 US adults are deficient in this sunshine Vitamin.