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Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.’s NIH slashed science funding across states that backed Trump
The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost ...
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How possible NIH cuts could threaten future treatment for neurological diseases
A directive in January from the National Institutes of Health aimed to reduce funding for many of the essential costs that ...
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NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles
The NIH has scaled back its awards of new grants by at least $2.3 billion since the beginning of the year, a STAT analysis ...
What does the NIH do?
Like many government institutions, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) faces big budget cuts and a dramatic restructuring ...
Uncertainty around NIH funding leaves Alzheimer’s studies at Stanford and other universities in limbo
When the NIH canceled grants in March related to diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, some Alzheimer’s studies were swept ...
Will there be an autism registry? What we know after NIH drops plans for vast data platform
An HHS official told USA TODAY that the department is not creating an autism registry, but is pursuing the real-world data ...
NIH senior investigator resigns over ‘censorship’ of research findings
A National Institutes of Health senior investigator said he was optimistic about recent leadership changes but now has ...
Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health
"This is not just an attack on the LGBTQ community — it is a blow to the integrity of science and the health of every ...
Health agencies "not creating an autism registry," official says, contradicting NIH director
"We are not creating an autism registry," a Department of Health and Human Services official said in a statement.
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NIH cuts funding for Yale’s LGBTQ+ and public health equity research
The NIH terminated at least 17 Yale-affiliated grants, totaling $42.7 million, raising alarm across the scientific and ...
Sweeping NIH cuts jolt UC Davis dementia research team and scientists nationwide
The fallout from billions of dollars in NIH cuts hits a noted neurologist’s UCD lab. His $53 million grant was on the ...
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Colleges Must Eliminate DEI Programs to Receive Research Funding, NIH Says
The agency did not define what it meant by DEI efforts, leaving institutions to try to interpret whether their programs are ...