Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be undermined by President Trump’s policies.

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.

U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson said he respects Trump and the need for executive orders, but that Congress should be allowed to work as intended.

A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs.

The Trump administration has disrupted the U.S. response to bird flu as the outbreak worsens, leading to confusion and concern among federal staff, state officials, veterinarians and health experts, 11 sources told Reuters.

Over 20 states are suing the Trump administration over planned cuts to funding at medical and public health research institutions nationwide. The coalition of 22 state attorneys general is challenging...

Based on analysis of 2024 NIH funding data. Sums are totals of losses in funding to programs if indirect costs had been capped at 15%

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.

The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.