RFK Jr. Targets Ultraprocessed Foods. What Are They, and Are They Bad for You?
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. targets ultraprocessed foods as a major health concern, sparking debate on their ...
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Trump NIH nominee aims to soothe senators over embattled agency
He dismissed ongoing turmoil at the agency, noting that he did not make the decisions to lay off thousands of staff at NIH or freeze reviews of grant applications that have essentially put the ...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is canceling funding for research into vaccine hesitancy.
It is the policy of NIH not to prioritize research activities that focuses gaining scientific knowledge on why individuals ...
News Medical6d
NIH plans to centralize peer review process for grants
At NIH, we are working to optimize our resources to support the best science. By centralizing the peer review process, we will not only reduce costs—we will also improve the quality, consistency ...
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NIH terminating active research grants related to LGBTQ+, DEI studies
At least 24 termination letters have been sent out, according to one official. Several active research grants related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, gender identity and diversity, equity and ...
News Medical10d
NIH funding helps address pediatric disease gaps in clinical trials
Researchers assessed 3,047 clinical trials that were initiated with industry funding and 1,480 clinical trials initiated with NIH funding from 2015 through 2020.
The Boston Globe8d
NIH needs reforms, but use a scalpel, not a hatchet
Pierre Azoulay is an economist and professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Weaknesses in NIH’s 70-plus-year-old institutional approaches are increasingly evident. One sign is that ...
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NIH cuts could have 'negative consequences' for Long Island economy, says business groups' letter to New York congressional delegation
A new NIH policy announced last month said research institutions can only seek federal reimbursement of 15% of their indirect costs, which can include scientific computing, heating and cooling ...
STAT7d
NIH puts former Sexual & Gender Minority Office employees on administrative leave
In December, all of them were reassigned to other offices within the NIH in advance of the second Trump administration, which was expected to dismantle the office. The employees were given little ...
The Washington Post8d
NIH reels with fear, uncertainty about future of scientific research
Widely respected, he served as NIH acting director for two years under President Joe Biden. At 10 a.m. on Jan. 24, Tabak sent a staffwide email. The Trump administration had installed Matthew ...
The Atlantic22d
The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Directly From Trump Officials
It came from the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the NIH, and arrived with clear instructions: Post this announcement on your website immediately. The memo announced a new ...
STAT8d
NIH nominee is ‘convinced’ vaccines don’t cause autism, but won’t rule out more studies on the issue
That the presumptive leader of the NIH would endorse that autism isn’t linked to vaccines would not normally be notable. But Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic and now the country ...