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Five NIH institute directors and numerous lab heads ousted in unprecedented shake-up
Such large-scale shakeups are unprecedented at the research agency, where only the director of the NIH and one of its ...
RFK Jr. to lay off more NIH employees amid HHS restructuring, officials say
The additional layoffs at the National Institutes of Health come less than a week after the initial wave of cuts in Secretary ...
NIH is the largest funder of cancer research. Here's how Trump administration cuts could impact patients.
The Trump administration's cuts to the National Institutes of Health has some worried about stalls in research and medicine.
ACLU sues National Institutes of Health for ‘ideological purge’ of research projects
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the National Institutes of Health has conducted an ...
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NIH Firings Put 'Unarchivable' Cancer, Alzheimer's Research Data at Risk
Kennedy Jr. has cut 1,200 NIH workers and thousands more across other health-focused agencies. Such a drastic reduction is ...
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‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass lay-offs
On health economist Jay Bhattacharya ’s first day as head of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the chiefs of four ...
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How NIH cuts will impact Oregon medical research and health care
The National Institutes of Health has terminated millions of dollars in research grants, including some focused on opioid-use ...
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The NIH’s Cancellation of Hundreds of Grants Is an ‘Ideological Purge,’ Lawsuit Says
The complaint, filed Wednesday by the American Public Health Association and the United Auto Workers union, joins a ...
New NIH director seeks to use ‘gold standard science’ to win back trust in health
NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya stressed against censorship within the organization, as this would get in the way of ...
Dozens of NIH workers in RTP received layoff notices this week. Some were then asked back.
More than 40 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences workers in Durham received a layoff notice this week. Then, ...
‘An attack on scientific progress itself’: Health researchers sue to overturn NIH funding cuts
A group of health researchers and labor unions, including a Harvard University professor, have filed a federal lawsuit ...
‘It’s really special’: Returning NIH workers greeted with thanks and songs of support
As federal workers on Monday returned to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, they were met by supporters ...