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USDA Orders Tests For Bird Flu On National Milk Supply To Start December 16

Top scientists warn that Trump policies are causing a 'climate of fear' in research

3:59pm April 01, 2025

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.

Trump's nominee to run NIH faces Senate scrutiny

9:23am March 05, 2025

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor of health policy, faced tough questioning from the Senate HELP Committee during a confirmation hearing.

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Senate Hearing Considers NIH Budget And State Of Medical Research

Legendary former NIH director retires from embattled agency

12:16pm March 01, 2025

Dr. Francis Collins is leaving the National Institutes of Health, where he served as director from 2009 to 2021. The agency is facing cutbacks and restrictions under the Trump administration.

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Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump's cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state

7:00am February 28, 2025

Iowa has the second highest incidence rate of cancer in the country, and it is already feeling Trump's cuts to the workforce and research institutions trying to solve the rural cancer problem.

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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.

Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Mehmet Oz Holds A Get Out the Vote Rally In Allegheny County

Ethics letters for Trump's picks to lead Medicare and NIH show they'll divest stock

9:46pm February 20, 2025

Dr. Mehmet Oz, nominated to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will sell shares in Eli Lilly and UnitedHealth. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, NIH nominee, will shed stock in Walmart and Nvidia.

National Institutes Of Health Cuts $4 Billion In Biomedical Research Funding

Health agencies lose staff members in key areas as Trump firings set in

8:18pm February 17, 2025

As the dust settles from the first wave of firings at health agencies, here's how many people got cut and the impact of the roles that were lost.

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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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