medical research

University Of Illinois Chicago Faculty Express Concern Over Trump Research Funding Cuts

NIH partially lifts freeze on funding process for medical research

6:41pm February 26, 2025

Thousands of grant applications had been stalled when the Trump administration blocked the National Institutes of Health from posting notices to the Federal Register.

Medical research labs brace for possible funding cuts that could disrupt their work

5:27pm February 24, 2025

Researchers say the Trump administration's plan to slash payments for indirect costs will hamper new medical science. One example? A lab studying respiratory viruses faces losing half its staff.

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NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds

8:00am February 22, 2025

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

Total Solar Eclipse Stretches Across North America From Mexico To Canada

Sen. Ted Cruz's list of 'woke' science includes self-driving cars and solar eclipses

7:48am February 13, 2025

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says the National Science Foundation has given money to thousands of "woke DEI" studies. Researchers say that's misrepresenting science and disparaging important research.

What National Institutes of Health funding cuts could mean for U.S. universities

4:08am February 12, 2025

by A Martínez

What do National Institutes of Health funding cuts mean for universities? We ask Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science and former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chancellor.

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A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's new NIH funding policy

11:45am February 08, 2025

Attorneys general from 22 states had filed a lawsuit seeking to block the policy that would dramatically change NIH's grant-making by limiting how much it will disburse for overhead costs.

Fragile X held him back. An experimental drug is helping him break free

3:55am September 23, 2024

by Jon Hamilton

For 22 years, Jason Mazzola’s life was defined by a genetic condition that can cause autism and intellectual disability. Then he started taking an experimental drug.

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Health & Safety

Mobile health exhibit seeks to enroll participants in national research database

10:52am April 01, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is bringing its mobile research program to Winston-Salem. The program has restarted its national tour following a two-year pause

Here's What You Should Know About Biden's New Rules For Fetal Tissue Research

6:15pm April 16, 2021

by Sarah McCammon

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is reversing restrictions on the use of fetal tissue in medical research implemented under former President Trump.

A progesterone pill held between a woman's fingers.

Health & Safety

Safety Problems Lead To Early End For Study Of 'Abortion Pill Reversal'

6:12pm December 05, 2019

by Mara Gordon

Three of the 12 women enrolled in a study of progesterone to reverse a medication-based abortion required ambulance transport to a hospital for treatment of severe vaginal bleeding.