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Chaos After RFK Jr.'s mRNA Vaccine Decision; NIH Ending Gender Data Collection?

Tasked with filling in the gaps in communication, Gray Delany, head of the "Make America Healthy Again" agenda at HHS, tapped ...

NIH plans heat up animal testing debate

The health agencies have not shied away from the issue or from animal rights groups. Among the first policies that the NIH ...

NIH director lays out agency’s research and funding priorities in new strategy statement

US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Friday released a statement outlining a “unified strategy” ...

NIH cancels mRNA vaccine contracts, citing lack of public trust

Director Jay Bhattacharya claims the federal government recently canceled millions of dollars’ worth of mRNA research ...
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NIH Director Orders Review of All Current, Planned Research

NIH director Jay Bhattacharya said that among other priorities, the agency will focus on artificial intelligence and ...
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Layers of political oversight have ‘put sand in the gears’ of NIH grant funding

Last November, in the days following Donald Trump’s election, leaders at the National Institutes of Health began discussing ...

CHOP, Wistar and other Philly-area research institutions urge legislators to reject NIH cuts

The Pennsylvania Ad Hoc NIH Funding Advocacy Coalition brings together institutions from across the state’s eds and meds ...

Patient numbers at NIH hospital have dropped under Trump, jeopardizing care

The renowned research hospital that cares for people with rare or life-threatening diseases has been pummeled by an employee ...
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Budget maneuvers expected to reduce NIH funding opportunities

NIH will be able to fund fewer research grants in fiscal 2026, even if Congress provides more funding, due to administration ...

NIH defends use of ‘deadly’ experiments on cats

While anti-animal testing groups condemn "deadly" dog and cat studies as morally wrong, the NIH defended certain experiments as "well-justified and responsible." ...

Public trust in mRna vaccines is gone, NIH director claims

Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel reflects on his interview with NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya addressing ...
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NIH launches landmark study testing if mothers’ diet can prevent food allergies in babies

The ESCAPE trial will examine whether eating or avoiding peanuts and eggs during pregnancy and breastfeeding can shape infants’ immune responses before their first taste ...