The Reagan-appointed judge ordered the NIH to restore funds for research related to racial minorities and LGBTQ+ people.

The Trump administration’s cuts were illegal and discriminatory, a federal judge said Monday.

In test of NIH director’s support of dissent, NIH staff sign Bethesda Declaration urging reversal of grant cuts and freezes

More than 90 NIH scientists sign their names to the “Bethesda declaration” in protest of Trump administration policies they say are harming people’s health.

At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will survive

The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.

The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science. On April 14, Edwin R Martin Jr, the Trump-appointed interim ...

The unexpected elimination of funding for the decades-long research project focused on women's health shocked scientists. They were heartened by the quick restoration of support.

Scrolling through Trump’s latest foray into history-washing.

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-090. NIH

Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

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HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget.

Mindless slashing at NSF won’t just harm the scientific enterprise today—it will damage discovery and innovation for years to come.

It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.

The walkouts, which included about a dozen schools on U.S. military bases in Europe, Asia and at least one stateside, represent the biggest collective action military children have taken since the sta...

If the Trump administration were truly concerned about antisemitism, it would start in its own house.

The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...

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In an age of protest, culture and museums have come under fire. Protests of museum funding (for example, the Metropolitan Museum accepting Sackler family money) and boards (for example, the Whitney ap...

The Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, stands as a symbol of the importance of preserving cultural heritage, fostering intellectual growth, and provi...

Ending clinical trials with no warning can put patients at risk.

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.

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”

Join us for a compelling discussion of this intimate, infuriating and ultimately hopeful film that illuminates the aftermath of stillbirth.

An oral history project aims to document the stories of the federal workforce cuts. The project is open to all feds and contractors — even DOGE and Musk.

"I think we will lose a lot as an agency," an agency employee told Mother Jones.

“There is just this implicit bias that violence against women is not an important public health area or a significant area of study," the researcher told Mother Jones.

For decades, scientists have abided by a 14-day boundary on their work. Now science can do more. But should it?

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.