One staffer said that officials are employing more systematic methods to pinpoint NIH-funded research that the administration may object to, but that the additional reviews are time-consuming and lack...

The NEJM editors understand the threat of the proposed federal grant review changes

Critics say TriNetX’s easy analyses of electronic medical records fuel quick-and-dirty publications from inexperienced authors

Mass firings, buyouts and heightened uncertainty led to an exodus of federal workers in 2025. More than 300,000 employees will be out of the government by the end of December.

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This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

Michael Kratsios says DEI has led to a loss of public trust in universities

The Impact Map provides timely data on policy, funding, and workforce changes and their localized effect.

The Trump administration saw them as villains. I saw something very different.

A recent study aimed to understand narcissistic leaders and who is most likely to follow them. The results revealed a few patterns. If you are someone who is always looking out for others, empathizes with others, and seeks harmony and consensus in your team (known as agreeable followers), you are more likely to be susceptible to following a narcissistic leader. If you are someone who gets anxious and worried easily, or likes to get started on work projects early on to prevent anxiety as a deadline draws closer (known as neurotic followers), you probably prefer engaging with narcissistic leaders.

Intimidation doesn’t elevate performance; it undermines people.

Court declines to block more firings of recently hired staff, saying individual agencies are now making their own decisions.

Narcissistic leaders are self-absorbed and hold beliefs of entitlement and superiority. Their aggressive tendencies in the face of criticism and inclinations...

Fired federal probationary workers saw setbacks this week, as the U.S. Supreme Court and an appeals court dealt blows in two separate cases, leaving the newly hired or recently promoted employees hit ...

Citing efficiency, the NIH proposed centralizing <a href='https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/114620' target='_blank'>its peer-review process</a> for grants and research, likely cutt

Former CSR director says a funding cut could risk lowering peer review standards

YouTube video by Rep. Jamie Raskin

The employees must be reinstated to their roles pending further investigation, appeals board rules.

OSC Hampton Dellinger, after being reinstated by a judge following dismissal by Trump, has temporarily saved the jobs of six wrongfully-terminated probationary federal workers. Here's why it matters.

The findings could have sweeping impacts for the tens of thousands of recently dismissed workers.

The chaos, conflicting information, firings, and hurtful rhetoric of the Trump administration’s approach to science over the past month are causing anxiety, grief, and concern for the scientific commu...

As the Trump administration considers options for workforce reductions, experts warn RIFs can open agencies to legal challenges and worsening productivity.

Confusion has ensued about the future of programs and research supporting people with disabilities as a result of President Trump’s executive order.

"Do not obey in advance" was the slogan going into the first Trump administration. Some universities and hospitals seem to be struggling with that advice.