The National Institutes of Health funds research, but some scientists fear that funding may be pulled or paused by the Trump administration.

Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump on January 20th, 2025, he has signed many executive orders, changing policies established from the previou | Immunology

Trump has frozen all travel and communications at the Department of Health and Human Services, including the CDC and the National Institutes of Health

One of the most admired research agencies in the world, the US National Institutes of Health, now has a huge target on its back. How did an organisation supported by both Democrat and Republican politicians become so vulnerable?

Senators pressed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his past vaccine and abortion remarks in the first of two days of hearings before senators vote on whether to confirm him as President Trump’s health secretary.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, made disputed claims before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, announced that she will step down Friday, 14 months after she took the position on Nov. 9, 2023.

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

If he is confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would take over a sprawling bureaucracy with an annual budget that tops $1.7 trillion, with more than 80,000 employees and 13 divisions.

Data: National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health; Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Some states have far more to lose than others if the second Trump administration cuts federal health and science funding.

I got into politics because of my experience with health care, and it informs how I think about keeping Americans safe and well today.

A vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would take America back to a troubling era when countless children suffered and died from horrific infections, leaving many with lifelong disabilities,” write Susana Williams Keeshin,