Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years ... Updated: 6:10 PM EDT Jun 16, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer ...

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.

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.

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% ...

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.

NIH won’t renew ‘cruel’ drug experiments on beagle puppies — some as young as 8 months old By Josh Christenson Published May 29, 2025, 1:23 p.m. ET ...

Phelps said that some of the scientists working on her NIH trial were among the cuts. Phelps was diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer in 2020, at age 38. She was nearly eight months pregnant ...

Trump-appointed NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said during a "Fox and Friends" interview on May 4 that "we got rid of all the beagle experiments on the NIH campus." ...

Animal rights groups have applauded the NIH’s plan. “Shifting away from animal-based models isn’t a trend,” Kitty Block, president and CEO of Humane World for Animals, said in an April 29 ...

The Trump administration has singled out Ivy League universities including Columbia and Harvard for broad federal funding cuts. But the spending reductions at the NIH, the nation’s foremost ...

NIH bans grants for schools that boycott Israeli companies The new policy also bars schools from funding if they operate any DEI programs Protesters of anti-BDS laws rally in New York, June 9, 2016.

As Harvard battle escalates, HHS directs NIH not to tell universities about new grant freezes: reports By Gabrielle Masson, Darren Incorvaia Apr 21, 2025 11:59am ...