Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally

Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and political authorities.

The following is a “thank you” letter from the political appointees who served alongside the tens of thousands of dedicated civil servants at HHS during the Obama and Biden presidencies. It is signed…

Administration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees.

RFK Jr. was confirmed as HHS Secretary and didn't wait long to start dismantling federal science programs, complete with a commission to draw up a battle plan.

People around the world are watching with disbelief as the new US government closes down its aid programme, withdraws from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris agreement on climate change...

They have betrayed the Hippocratic Oath in voting to confirm RFK Jr.

The new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.

Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign ...

We're living in a budding authoritarian regime.

The Wyoming Department of Health said on Friday it has identified its first human case of H5N1 bird flu in the region, making it the third confirmed instance of hospitalization related to the infection in the United States.

The administration’s war on universities defies rational self-interest.

Doge wreaks havoc on HHS and CDC as Trump seeks to grant committee sweeping governmental powers

Most of the measles cases are still among school-aged children in Gaines County, Texas health officials said Friday.

Supervisors deliver bad news across NIH, CDC

The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.

Department of Health and Human Services officials expect most of the agency’s roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired.

The Trump administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.

UCSF professor Vinay Prasad emerges as rationalizer-in-chief for Trump’s NIH cuts

During his confirmation hearings, the HHS secretary nominee said he would fall in line with the Trump administration’s goals.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited a disputed study from a close network of fellow vaccine skeptics during his confirmation hearings. His critics say it is part of a pattern that raises concerns about whose ...

A deeply flawed study demonstrates why an invented journal from a phantom academy is a terrible idea

MSF is calling on the US government to immediately resume funding for the full range of PEPFAR operations as well as other critical health and humanitarian aid.

After years of GOP attacks on US health agencies, Trump appointees are poised to bring Covid-19 conspiracies to their leadership of US agencies. Federal workers are scared of what comes next.

Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.

Friday, the Trump administration slashed indirect costs for NIH grants. What does this mean, and why could it be so disastrous for biomedical research?

This Idaho health district banned public clinics from distributing the coronavirus vaccine as widespread fear during the pandemic fades from public memory.

Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.

Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. A planned $4 billion cut would leave colleges with large budget gaps.

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD