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The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.
NIH Walkout. About 30 minutes ... "Making scientific leaders at NIH political appointees, ... told STAT that no president has tried to hold such influence over grant-making federal employees before.
A federal judge ruled the Trump admin’s $1 billion NIH grant cuts illegal, citing racial discrimination, and ordered funding restored for vaccine, maternal health, and gender identity research.
Dozens of scientists, researchers and other employees at the U.S. National Institutes of Health issued a rare public rebuke Monday criticizing the Trump administration for major spending cuts that ...
In an effort to Trump-proof, NIH has designated an official to identify political meddling in the agency’s work and is tasking a soon-to-be-established scientific integrity council with ...
60 NIH employees blast NIH leadership — including Health Secretary RFK Jr. — of allowing political interference to override science.
In a letter to grant recipient institutions, Collins said foreign entities had mounted “systematic programs” to influence NIH research. The agency’s concerns include the sharing of information on ...
The NIH told CNN in an email that, while MD Anderson took immediate action, the issue is broader in scope: The agency has contacted 55 institutions with concerns about foreign influence as of ...
Biden’s presumed NIH pick, cancer official Monica Bertagnolli, will face a slew of increasingly political questions in her upcoming confirmation battle.
WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health has referred 12 allegations relating to foreign influence over U.S.-funded research to a federal oversight office, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa ...
In March of this year, NIH announced new disclosure requirements for U.S. scientists applying for NIH grants. These requirements, effective May 25, 2021, impose the following obligations on ...