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

A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President Donald Trump with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) logo in the background is seen in this illustration taken April 23.

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 details how Trump budget would cut support for grants, training, and research centers Nearly 1,800 fewer new grants would be awarded under 2026 spending plan ...

Researchers launched Grant Watch to document NIH cuts, rally scientific community: Q&A with Scott Delaney, whose own funding was canceled ...

NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.

NIH director bemoans RIFs, mocks ‘5 things’ email and says agency shoulders blame for COVID outbreak in first address New agency head also says some laid off employees may be recalled ...

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has drastically increased the number of grant applications it has rejected without funding, adding to a long list of setbacks for medical research that ...

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 ...

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 mandate overrules Section 4.1.2 “Civil Rights Protections” of the NIH Grants Policy Statement, which includes the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Educational Amendments of 1972, the ...

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed health researcher Jay Bhattacharya as the next leader of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bhattacharya was confirmed on a party- line vote, 53 to 47. … ...