Trump’s freeze on science grants will delay lifesaving cures and cost jobs
When research is stopped, or even paused, it has real effects on our lives. It means that a cure for the diabetes that runs ...
How Radical Can RFK Jr. Be as America’s Top Health Official?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to appear before the Senate’s finance committee, in the first of two days of hearings before ...
University of Tennessee researchers told to press on as Trump funding pause rattles campus
The UT System is "closely monitoring" the federal funding situation. President Trump also signed orders lifting restrictions ...
Kennedy, Polarizing Pick for Health Secretary, Makes His Senate Debut
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies in confirmation hearings before the Senate’s Finance Committee on Wednesday, and will appear ...
A week of pain and confusion for medical researchers
Researchers I talked with were guessing about what the new NIH process might involve. The NIH site worryingly said its new ...
Hegseth Strips Retired Gen. Milley of Security Detail
WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has suspended the security detail for former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...
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Editorial: Cassidy can focus RFK Jr. hearings on what matters: public health
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy will take his seat Wednesday morning as a member of the Senate Finance Committee as it considers ...
N.I.H. Trials and Essential Hiring May Continue, Acting Director Says
The interim leader of the National Institutes of Health gave some clarification tied to Trump administrations restrictions on ...
NIH director clarifies HHS communications freeze, confirms some essential functions can continue
A memo from the NIH's acting director indicated research and clinical studies that began prior to Trump's inauguration can ...
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UT Health San Antonio doctor joins national long COVID committee
A local UT Health San Antonio doctor has been appointed to the Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Long COVID.
RFK Jr.’s litany of controversial views to come under scrutiny in Senate confirmation hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will undergo intense scrutiny over his history of controversial and inflammatory comments at his Senate ...
Maine scientists concerned by pause in health reports, other disruptions at federal DHHS
The Trump administration's order to pause health communications and other disruptions occurring at federal health agencies are causing concern in Maine's scientific community. Directives from the new ...