CDC, NIH and more health agencies brace for layoffs with DOGE and RFK Jr.'s restructuring. Here's what we know.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr., with help from DOGE, is planning a restructuring with sweeping cuts expected at multiple agencies.
C&EN17h
Trickles of layoff plans at EPA, NIH hint at big cuts
Most US federal agencies have not released their reduction-in-force plans, but leaked documents show EPA’s proposal to kill ...
Medpage Today on MSN15h
Health Agencies Remain in the Dark About Next Round of Firings
One CDC employee told MedPage Today that they'd heard the agency should revert to 2019 staffing levels, which means they ...
Open Source: NIH cancels first Triangle research grants | EPA doubt in RTP | IBM layoffs
To systematically end active awards is a departure for NIH, which has terminated grants to Duke, UNC and RTI International.
Fierce Biotech15h
UPDATE: Director of National Human Genome Research Institute departs in another Trump admin shakeup
After serving as the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) for more than 15 years, Eric Green, M.D ...
HHS slashes over $350M in grant funding for gender ideology, DEI research projects
The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated over 500 NIH research grants worth more than $350 million that went towards DEI and gender ideology research projects, according to a ...
Chemistry World15h
US scientists fear funding freeze as NIH singles out mRNA vaccine research for added scrutiny
Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has previously claimed that mRNA covid vaccines killed more people than they saved ...
University of California, Davis7h
Checking In With Chancellor May: Standing Up For Federal Research Funding
We are navigating a number of issues that are changing rapidly, often by the day or hour. On Wednesday, I shared some ...
Inside the government study trying to understand the health effects of ultraprocessed foods
Sam Srisatta, a 20-year-old Florida college student, spent a month living inside a government hospital here last fall, ...
The Heartland Institute18h
HHS Secretary Pledges to End Conflicts of Interest at Health Agencies
HHS, a $1.6 trillion agency, includes the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Becker's Hospital Review8h
20 hospitals that received the most NIH funding in 2024
Massachusetts General Hospital received $655 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health in fiscal 2024 — a slight decrease from the $675 million it secured in 2023, yet it remained the ...