National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya claimed the dean of Stanford Medical School asked him to stop speaking with the press ...

Nevertheless, respectful dissent in science is productive. We all want the NIH to succeed.” The NIH’s nearly $48 billion budget makes it the world’s largest public funder of scientific research.

NIH is the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research and has long enjoyed bipartisan support from U.S. lawmakers. The Trump administration has proposed cutting $18 billion, or 40% ...

Some NIH workers signed their names publicly, openly daring to challenge a president who has sought to purge the government of employees he views as disloyal to him. Others signed anonymously.

A handful of states are using DOGE initiatives to push ahead with cuts conservatives have been wanting for decades.

NIH officials have denounced their own agency’s leadership in the so-called Bethesda Declaration, warning that the Trump White House’s agenda puts public health at risk.

Studying health disparities isn’t about promoting one group over another. Figuring out when, and for whom, things aren’t working is routine science.

Jenna Norton, who works at the NIH as a researcher, poses for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press in Bethesda, Md., Friday, June 6, 2025.

U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta (Jay) Bhattacharya testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025.

A federal judge ruled Monday it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants, adding that the cuts raise serious questions about racial discrimination.

This new study aims to answer questions involving synthetic opioids. Mount Sinai will lead the research, which involves 10 high-volume hospital systems across the United States that are part of ...