This is Camila. She’s trying to figure out how cancer spreads across the body. David here is trying to cure H.I.V. And Rachael, she’s trying to find new treatments for childhood brain cancer. Or at least they were. “The Trump administration has so far terminated more than $1 billion in grants for the National Institutes…
US NIH reinstates 891 cancelled research grants after court ruling. (AI Image) In a major reversal, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reinstated 891 biomedical research grants that had previously been cancelled. The move follows a federal court order issued by a judge in Boston, prompting the agency to restore funding to projects…
Jay Bhattacharya, an Indian-American, has been confirmed as the new chief of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States. Bhattacharya secured the position with a 53-47 vote during the first session of the roll call vote in the 119th Congress. This appointment adds another Indian-American to Team Trump, specifically to head medical and…
NIH funding cuts threaten medical research at major US universities. (Getty Images) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a major funding reduction policy that could have widespread repercussions for research institutions across the United States. With a proposal to slash indirect costs for NIH-funded projects, the policy threatens the research infrastructure at universities…
Federal research funding to tackle areas like cancer, diabetes and heart disease is lagging by about $1 billion behind the levels of recent years, reflecting the chaotic start of the Trump administration and the dictates that froze an array of grants, meetings and communications. The slowdown in awards from the National Institutes of Health has…
NIH threatens funding cuts that could cripple Harvard’s vital research infrastructure. (Getty Images) Harvard researchers brace for impact as NIH threatens to cut crucial funding for shared labs, oversightHarvard University researchers are on edge as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has threatened to cut substantial federal support for overhead costs, a move that could…
University of Utah faces $43.5M funding loss for cancer research under proposed NIH cuts. (Representative Image) The University of Utah is facing a potential loss of $43.5 million in critical funding for its research programs, a blow that would directly affect the university’s medical and cancer-related projects. This funding cut comes as part of broader…
Top US universities file lawsuit against Trump’s NIH order to cut research funding. (Getty Images) In a major legal development, 13 prestigious US colleges have filed a lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over an executive order issued by the Trump administration. The order seeks to limit the funding allocated for indirect costs…
Trump Cabinet: Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford-trained physician and economist, is being considered to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under President-elect Donald Trump. Bhattacharya recently met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). He impressed Kennedy with his ideas for restructuring NIH. If…