Former NIH director Dr. Harold Varmus speaks out about what recent budget cuts and policy changes could mean for science.

His departure is a huge loss to both the federal government and the U.S. biomedical enterprise." The NIH is among the federal agencies reeling from the Trump administration's campaign to downsize ...

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But first, five weeks into the Trump presidency, federal science funding in the US is in a state of confusion. Executive orders that have halted grant funding at the National Institutes of Health, the ...

Thousands of federal workers, including staff at the CDC, FDA, and NIH, were laid off as part of sweeping cuts under the Trump administration's directive. The job reductions, primarily targeting ...

the largest federal employee union. “Instead of skills, it might be political loyalty.” If the hiring freeze and mass terminations are any indication, it’s unlikely the Trump administration ...

The freeze has continued even after top NIH officials acknowledged that continuing to block the funding would violate a federal court order. Last month, the Trump administration issued a memo ...

Friday’s hearing included attorneys in all three cases urging Kelley to enter a preliminary injunction and an attorney for the federal government arguing against it. The NIH writes on its website that ...

The freeze occurred because the Trump administration has blocked the NIH from posting any new notices in the Federal Register, which is required before many federal meetings can be held. While that ...

NIH and HHS did not respond to questions about when the pause on posting Federal Register notices may be lifted or why they are being blocked. Cooper, the microbiologist, still hopes his grant ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced earlier this month it would be cutting billions in costs associated with federally funded research grants that go to various institutions ...

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