Senators pressed NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, on proposed budget cuts that could impact the agency's pivotal research and the global standing of the American research enterprise. NIH's discretionary budget is proposed to be $27.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH director, repeatedly pledged during the hour and a half hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee that the 40 percent cut would not change the agency’s commitment to research that keeps America at the forefront of scientific and medical innovation.

Pediatric clinicians across Wisconsin are seeing the devastating consequences of policies that fail to prioritize health and well-being of children.

This high school student traveled to Washington to sound the alarm about the president’s reckless targeting of vital funding. | Opinion

The oncology community has sounded the alarm over the Trump administration's 2026 budget proposal, which includes near-40% cuts in funding for the NIH and National Cancer Institute (NCI).

The billions in proposed funding cuts would involve restructuring and consolidating the National Institutes of Health and slashing the majority of the National Science Foundation’s budget for scholarships and fellowships.

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the impact of Trump’s proposed budget cuts on biomedical research and global health, news from the ASCO cancer meeting, Summit Therapeutics’ Maky Zanganeh and more.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told the Senate Appropriations Committee that Donald Trump's budget is "not a final thing," but Republicans and Democrats protested.

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