Some comments on a proposed OMB research rule have been mysteriously removed from a public-facing government webpage.

I've been getting questions about respiratory season, and got some good answers from people, so here is what I understand so far, and people are welcome to add or correct.

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The Senate’s short-term spending bill would temporarily stop OMB from finalizing its grantmaking rule, if the House adopts it.

The 89-4 vote indicates strong bipartisan interest in avoiding another Oct. 1 shutdown.

It’s now “up to leadership” whether to head off the controversial changes, Sen. Susan Collins said.

The new policy prohibits federal support of ‘gain of function’ research of concern, in which scientists manipulate pathogens and other biological agents in order to better understand them

This qualitative study explores the perspectives of primary care physicians regarding their own well-being and the health and well-being of their immigrant patients after anti-immigrant policy changes...

A new species of marine mollusk discovered in the Caribbean has been named after the 40-year-old goalkeeper.

The White House has proposed sweeping changes to the bedrock regulation undergirding all federal contracts, empowering the executive branch to direct research, terminate grants, and external scientifi...

- Top Republican criticizes grantmaking rule - Supreme Court eliminates protections for some agency leaders - Congress leaves for recess

The decision to allow Trump to fire two Federal Trade Commission commissioners without cause reinforces a view that the president has final say over what happens at federal agencies, experts say

The decision to allow Trump to fire two Federal Trade Commission commissioners without cause reinforces a view that the president has final say over what happens at federal agencies, experts say

OMB’s proposed rule on federal financial assistance poses a sweeping threat to federal grantmaking and the responsible stewardship of American taxpayer dollars. It would dramatically expand execut...

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Disability researchers across the country worry about their jobs, and the future of their institutions, as a delay in issuing federal grants drags on.

The Editors highlight three aspects of OMB’s recently proposed rule changes as particularly striking: that decisions on research funding would be made by political appointees, that funding could be...

Reporters at Schneps Media, which includes amNew York, Queens Courier, and the Brooklyn Paper, say they can’t afford to live on their salaries.

An inhibitor targeting the RAS pathway, which is commonly mutated in cancer, could change the way doctors treat pancreatic and other cancers.

The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference

An Office of Management and Budget proposal would insert political oversight into federal grant decisions, downgrade peer review, and expose all grants to termination without cause

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Risk assessments and flexible working policies all provide valuable support - but how proactively this is offered varies greatly

Science sleuth Lonni Besançon realizes that he has sometimes misunderstood what the media want from him and his researcher colleagues.

Alex is leaving the US after his work permit renewal was wrongfully denied by Trump's USCIS.

Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.