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Feb 01 • 3 months ago

At NIH, a power struggle over institute directorships deepens

The research agency has 27 institute and center directors. Will those roles become politicized? ...

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Jan 06 • 4 months ago

Appeals court agrees that Congress blocked cuts to research costs

The Trump admin can't arbitrarily set university reimbursements to a low flat rate. ...

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Dec 31 • 4 months ago

Lawsuit over Trump rejecting medical research grants is settled

Settlement forces NIH to review grants previously rejected on ideological grounds. ...

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Nov 18 • 6 months ago

Trump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants

It's a "violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research." ...

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Oct 24 • 6 months ago

An NIH director joins MAHA, gets replaced by JD Vance’s close friend

The NTP produced controversial studies on cellphone radiation and fluoride. ...

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Sep 25 • 7 months ago

Study: Planned budget cuts would hurt drug development badly

Drug patents frequently cite research that the NIH wouldn't be able to fund. ...

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Aug 22 • 9 months ago

Deeply divided Supreme Court lets NIH grant terminations continue

The ruling also blocks the policy behind their termination. ...

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Aug 01 • 9 months ago

Senate panel rejects Trump cuts to NIH, other health agencies

The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected the Trump administration’s massive proposed funding cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), advancing a measure that would increase the agency’s bu...

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Jul 30 • 9 months ago

$15 billion in NIH funding frozen, then thawed Tuesday in ongoing power war

NIH leaders got funding-pause memo Tuesday afternoon. Trump admin then backpedaled. ...

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