So far in 2025, the Trump administration has cut more than $1 billion in NIH grants. That includes a study on sickle cell ...

"I think a lot of folks here at NIH are experiencing just moral distress about the things we're being asked to do," Dr. Jenna ...

NIH budget cuts are threatening key medical research programs, shrinking training grants, and leaving young researchers ...

The NIH plans to cap how much researchers can pay to have NIH-funded work published in major journals, the agency announced ...

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya faced critical questions from both Republican and Democratic senators Tuesday as he sought to defend the Trump administration’s sweeping ...

Sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 people in the U.S., and 90% of patients are Black, according to NIH.

In a historic move, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today that it will no longer seek research ...

Jay Bhattacharya, the the agency’s director, has made a point of welcoming dissent. A letter from his officials will test that.

NIH scientists publish “Bethesda Declaration” rebuking Trump admin The letter is modeled after the NIH director's controversial "Great Barrington Declaration." ...

Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine ‘There is incredible work going on. This is not it,’ one critic said Adobe By Helen Branswell ...

More than 300 staffers signed a letter to the NIH director urging him to stop politically motivated cuts to research grants.

President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget for 2026 slashes funds for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by $17.97 billion. The 2026 blueprint was shared Friday (PDF) and allows the ...