The National Institutes of Health funds research, but some scientists fear that funding may be pulled or paused by the Trump administration.
Trump has frozen all travel and communications at the Department of Health and Human Services, including the CDC and the National Institutes of Health
One of the most admired research agencies in the world, the US National Institutes of Health, now has a huge target on its back. How did an organisation supported by both Democrat and Republican politicians become so vulnerable?
Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump on January 20th, 2025, he has signed many executive orders, changing policies established from the previou | Immunology
Fifty-one percent oppose Kennedy's nomination to head up the Department of Health and Human Services, a new poll has found.
An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.
The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, announced that she will step down Friday, 14 months after she took the position on Nov. 9, 2023.
Study of more than 14,000 people from Minneapolis and three other U.S. sites transcended five decades in its search for heart failure risk factors.
If he is confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would take over a sprawling bureaucracy with an annual budget that tops $1.7 trillion, with more than 80,000 employees and 13 divisions.
Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) questions Robert F. Kennedy, President Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary. SEN. ANGELA ALSOBROOKS (D-MD): In your opinion, what makes a scientist or a doctor qualified to serve at the National Institutes of Health?
Controversial Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was back on Capitol Hill Thursday morning to answer more questions from various senators as he attempts to secure the secretary position.
In a series of aggressive, rapid-fire questions to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his plans to replace career scientists at the Maryland-based National Institutes for Health and reform the country’s biggest health agency at large,