The cancelled awards supported the work of young researchers, a loss that jeopardizes not only their critical work but also the pipeline of talent interested in pursuing scientific research in the Uni...

US healthcare is broken. Under RFK Jr., the research agency working to fix it is, too.

The recent wave of research grant cancellations is cause for concern

The Trump administration has been progressively shrinking AHRQ, the only federal agency focused on supporting research to improve the safety and quality of healthcare.

Every time a CDI specialist checks whether a pressure ulcer was present on admission before it can trigger a Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) or builds physician education around a sepsis definition dra...

Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, joined Philadelphia health research leaders to oppose the Trump Administration’s cuts to programs at Children’s Hosp...

Records show the Trump administration has distributed less than $15 million of the $345 million Congress appropriated for AHRQ in fiscal 2026. The agency has fired all grant managers, cut staff by 75 ...

The agency has not issued new research grants since April 2025, with 80% of staff departed, crippling its operational capacity

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has now canceled more than 100 grants, cutting off $131.3 million in remaining committed funding, according to AcademyHealth, which represents health-ser...

131M AHRQ grant cancellations affect over 100 projects nationwide, impacting patient safety, care delivery, and healthcare workforce training.

Congress appropriated $345 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the 2026 fiscal year, but the agency has spent less than $15 million on grants. AHRQ hasn’t issued a new one i...

Congress appropriated $345 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the 2026 fiscal year, but the agency has spent less than $15 million on grants. AHRQ hasn’t issued a new one i...

Erratic cuts include a Wisconsin project to improve experiences of hospitalized kids that HHS previously highlighted

AHRQ cuts halted dozens of grants, forcing Penn and CHOP to close training programs and pause research.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality slowed the awarding of new grants last year. Now it is stopping existing ones.

The National Advisory Council (NAC) for Healthcare Research and Quality provides advice and recommendations to AHRQ's director and to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Kim Schrier (D-Wash), and Jeff...

The agency charged with finding ways to make American health care more effective has been gutted. Last week’s terminations are just the latest blow.

The agency charged with finding ways to make American health care more effective has been gutted. Last week’s terminations are just the latest blow.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality last week cut dozens of grants, affecting multiple programs at Penn and CHOP. “These are not controversial topics,” CHOP doctor Christopher Forrest said.

Explore 145 patient safety experts leading quality and safety initiatives across hospitals and health systems in 2026.

In many cases, funding had stalled months ago

AHRQ terminates dozens patient care research grants, ending funding for projects despite congressional appropriations, affecting key health priorities.

In many cases, funding had stalled months ago

The Trump administration terminated dozens of health research grants this week, telling grantees it is shifting priorities to issues like the “overmedication of children” and autism, according to a pr...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality sent researchers letters this week saying they wouldn’t receive long-awaited funding continuations. The agency cited the “best interest of the federal go...

“Nonaward” notices discontinue grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality whose annual funds had been stalled

This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

What Is the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force?AHRQ is authorized to convene the USPSTF and to provide ongoing research, technical, administrative, and dissemination support for the USPSTF's operatio...

Roger D. Klein, MD JD is Chief Medical Officer of OmniSeq, a cancer genomic profiling company.  He is an expert with the Federalist Society Regulatory Transparency Project’s FDA & Health Workin…

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said the department's new hires are more aligned with the Trump administration’s priorities.

A small federal agency responsible for studying how health care works for patients is largely dormant despite receiving millions of dollars from Congress for research into antibiotic resistance, healt...

“We are pleased to see today's ruling in defense of the First Amendment rights of all Americans,” one of the plaintiffs in the DOGE-related lawsuit said. The videos previously went viral when a DOGE m...