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NIH to Limit AI Use, Cap P.I. Grant Applications at 6 per Year
The National Institutes of Health says its new policy comes after the agency “recently observed instances of Principal ...
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NIH, FDA plan to reduce animal testing draws mixed reactions among scientists
As the Trump administration reshapes biomedicine, it wants to change how scientists test drug safety: animal research.
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NIH Launches First Agency-Wide Plan for Autoimmune Disease Research
The 5-year strategy aims to accelerate diagnosis, prevention, and treatment for the millions living with autoimmune diseases ...
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Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity
In a sweeping rebuke, a court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were ...
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NIH fires exec amid probe into wife's role in $3.3M contract: report
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has fired a top official amid a probe into whether his wife could have benefited from ...
Trump Administration Changes at NIH, EPA, NASA, NSF Spark Internal Dissent
The federal government is full of scientists who lend their expertise to key decisions about our food, medicines, environment ...
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Basic science publications have been falling for a decade. NIH budget cut would likely accelerate the decline
The number of basic science papers published by NIH grant recipients has been falling since 2013, when the agency’s budget was cut by 5%.
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Kennedy's mRNA Moves Anger MAHA Allies; Winning Back NIH Grants; Start-Up Games HSAs
Mary Talley Bowden, MD, founder of Americans for Health Freedom, an advocacy group that has lobbied against mRNA shots, ...
‘It’s heartless, it’s careless, and it’s deeply damaging’ says former NIH director on cuts to medical research
Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks to Christiane Amanpour about his decision ...