National Institutes of Health director Jay Bhattacharya didn't aggressively push back and defend Trump administration budget cuts and grant freezes when senators grilled him last week about plans for ...

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya faced critical questions from both Republican and Democratic senators Tuesday as he sought to defend the Trump administration’s ...

As Bhattacharya comes into his new role, fellow scientist and Christian Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass interviewed the NIH director about his convictions and his plans to lead the medical-research agency ...

Over 340 current and recently terminated U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) employees have publicly protested the Trump administration's deep cuts to the agency's research budget. What Happened: ...

The administration’s budget proposal justified massive cuts to the NIH by citing the agency’s role in funding dangerous pathogen research that multiple intelligence agencies suspect could have ...

Senators grill NIH director on massive budget cuts By . Sarah Owermohle. Updated Jun 10, 2025, 4:37 PM ET. PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2025, 11:59 AM ET.

NIH Revolts: Scientists Decry Budget Cuts, RFK Jr. Political Interference, Warn Of Long-Term Public Health Damage. Vandana Singh . Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 10:30 PM 3 min read.

Released in early May, the proposal calls for reducing the NIH budget allocation from $46 billion to $28 billion (~39%) and NCI funding from $7.2 billion to $4.45 billion (~38%). The reductions ...

Sen. Dick Durbin, Democrat from Illinois, told Bhattacharya that Northwestern University has seen its NIH funding frozen for the past 11 weeks, including $9 million for clinical trials in colon ...

A budget proposal for the US Department of Health and Human Services details extensive cuts to funding for the National Institutes of Health, part of an effort to consolidate the work of its 27 ...

NIH details how Trump budget would cut support for grants, training, and research centers. Nearly 1,800 fewer new grants would be awarded under 2026 spending plan Manage alerts for this article; ...

The cut, which would reduce the NIH budget to $27.9 billion, would be devastating for science and for Massachusetts’ economy, said Bruce Fischl, a Harvard professor and neuroscientist at ...