NIH Cuts Indirect Costs, Sparks Controversy In Research Community NIH plans to reduce indirect costs on research grants, sparking concerns and praise over potential impacts on research activities and savings. Top News · Feb 10, 2025
Judge temporarily blocks NIH research cuts after 22 states sue - Roll Call Lawsuit comes after Friday's announcement that the NIH would limit the indirect costs it will pay grantees to 15 percent of a grant. Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025
Can the Trump Administration Unilaterally Cut Indirect Costs for NIH Grants? As with some other recent executive branch actions, the Trump Administration appears to have overreached. Reason · Feb 9, 2025
Trump administration to cut billions in medical research funding National Institutes of Health said the $4bn loss will affect ‘indirect’ funding of buildings, equipment and staff The Guardian - US · Feb 8, 2025
NIH Lowers Maximum Indirect Cost Rate For Research Institutions The NIH's new policy capping indirect cost rates at 15% raises concerns among researchers about its impact on research capabilities and funding. Top News · Feb 8, 2025
NIH Resumes Grant-Review Meetings Amid Agency-Wide Freeze NIH is gradually resuming grant-review meetings and travel after a communications freeze. Ongoing research can continue, but new projects remain prohibited. Top News · Feb 7, 2025
CDC webpages go dark as Trump targets public health information Resources for contraception, gender-affirming care, STIs and HIV flicker in and out of existence or vanish completely The Guardian - US · Feb 4, 2025
Stricter abortion laws may cause increased infant deaths − 2 maternal and child health researchers explain the data Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned the constitutional right to abortion, according to an October 2024 study. The Conversation · Jan 30, 2025
‘This will delay medical breakthroughs’: US scientists demand to bargain over Trump orders NIH fellows say policy changes including funding freeze would ‘severely limit’ researchers’ ability to do their work The Guardian - US · Jan 30, 2025
Measles, bioweapons, bird flu, and abortion rights: RFK Jr repeatedly pounded with his past comments at tumultuous hearing Trump’s nominee for health secretary faced a group of bipartisan senators during the first day of his confirmation hearing The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025
Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s first confirmation hearing as Trump's nominee for health secretary Robert F The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025
RFK Jr could soon lead the HHS. Here are the different health agencies it oversees The member of the Kennedy dynasty has promised to significantly change how the department he could soon lead functions The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025
RFK Jr. challenged on false claim Covid is a race-targeted ‘bioweapon’ at confirmation hearing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was today confronted over his previous false claim that Covid-19 was a ““genetically engineered bioweapon that targets Black and white people but spared Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.” The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Faces Scrutiny Over Planned Federal Firings Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s responses to inquiries about dismissing federal employees at HHS and NIH raise concerns about his potential impact on healthcare pr... Top News · Jan 29, 2025
Top News · Jan 29, 2025 Sen. Bennet Questions Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'S Controversial Statements Democratic Sen. Bennet questions Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial statements and suitability for key government role.
Top News · Jan 29, 2025 HHS Oversees 13 Agencies, Including CDC And FDA Learn about the US Department of Health and Human Services and its critical role in promoting public health, advancing medical research, and ensuring acces...
Fortune · Jan 29, 2025 How to know if you need to take vitamin B12 A B12 deficiency can cause issue ranging from exhaustion to neurological problems.
The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025 Medical research depends on government money – even a day’s delay in the intricate funding process throws science off-kilter In the early days of the second Trump administration, a directive to pause all public communication from the Department of Health and Human Services created uncertainty and anxiety among biomedical researchers in the U.S. This directive halted key operations of numerous federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health, including…
Salon · Jan 27, 2025 Trump's NIH moves "could be disastrous" In a letter, three Maryland Democrats said they had "grave concerns" that Trump's move would do lasting damage
Salon · Jan 25, 2025 Is bird flu info threatened under Trump? Under orders from the Trump admin, agencies like the CDC are pausing some public health messaging as H5N1 surges
Top News · Jan 24, 2025 NIH Faces Supply Crunch Due To Communication Pause Trump administration directives causing a pause in communications and purchasing at NIH, affecting ongoing research studies and clinical trials.
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025 ‘Do you believe that germs cause disease?’ — the questions health leaders want senators to ask RFK Jr. Kennedy, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, will face two Senate committee hearings next week
Reason · Jan 24, 2025 Trump Reportedly Preparing an Executive Order Banning Federal Funding of Gain-of-Function Research The past three administrations have tried to limit gain-of-function research. The second Trump administration might be the first one to be successful at doing so.
Latin Times · Jan 24, 2025 Fauci Hires Private Guards Out of Own Pocket After Trump Suddenly Pulls Security Detail The former NIH director returned to the public eye after former President Joe Biden gave him a preemptive pardon on his last day in office
The Guardian - US · Jan 24, 2025 Travel, grant and funding cuts ‘stifling’ US health agencies in new Trump era Halts to external communications, publishing reports and reviewing and approving research a ‘dramatic shift’