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NIH staff stage walkout during director’s town hall as tensions persist over research cuts, ideology
Twenty-seven minutes into a town hall with staff last week, US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya ...
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NIH seeks comment on creation of first AI strategic plan, adds to tranche of AI support in HHS
The National Institutes of Health is seeking comment from industry on a new artificial intelligence strategy for the agency. ...
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‘It’s A Good Start’: Trump’s NIH Takes Step To Hold Risky Research Labs Accountable
The U.S. lacks a formal warning system to alert the public about lab leaks, but under new guidance implemented Sunday, ...
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Massive NIH study challenges use of race as a proxy for genetic ancestry in research
A large government study published Thursday shows more definitively than ever before that Americans’ self-reported race is a ...
Hiltzik: Study finds removing school mask mandates contributed to 22,000 U.S. COVID deaths in a year
Critics of anti-pandemic measures prompted schools to end mask mandates, but doing so exposed millions to COVID infection, ...
NIH won’t renew ‘cruel’ drug experiments on beagle puppies — some as young as 8 months old
The pups, some as young as eight months, were “reused” and then “euthanized” if they suffered organ dysfunction, were ...
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NIH Walkout; More Political Appointees at NIH? 'False Hope' for Alzheimer's
"It is crucial that politics be kept out of the scientific grant-making process," commented Joshua Gordon, MD, PhD, a former ...
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RFK Jr. Joins Deputies in Voicing Support for Regulatory Flexibility for Cell and Gene Therapies
In a roundtable event on Thursday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his office will work to eliminate barriers that ...
Safety stand-down still in effect at IRF-Frederick, NIH says; no clear timeline for reopening
Research activity at a lab on the Fort Detrick campus in Frederick remains on pause a month after federal officials implemented a “safety stand-down” there, the National Institutes of Health has ...
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Clinician Reaction to HHS Announcement: COVID-19 Vaccine No Longer Recommended for Healthy Children and Pregnant Women
Pediatric and OB-GYN health care providers react to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s announcement on COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
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NIH Director's COVID Comments Spark Staff Walkout
TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dozens of staff at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) walked out of a ...
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The NIH delivers a major victory for animal ethics in science
The world’s largest funder of biomedical and public health research in will now prioritize innovative health research, leaving outdated animal experiments behind.