Insiders report that, as NIH director, Bhattacharya delegates most of his responsibilities for running the $47 billion agency to two […]
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Dewormer ivermectin as cancer cure? RFK Jr.’s NIH funds “absurd” study.
The National Cancer Institute is using federal funds to study whether cancer can be cured by ivermectin, a cheap, off-patent […]
NIH head, still angry about COVID, wants a second scientific revolution
Can we pander to MAHA, re-litigate COVID, and improve science at the same time? Bhattacharya speaks before the Senate shortly […]
Trump admin is “destroying medical research,” Senate report finds
Senators also pressed the director on the future of the NIH, noting that it has been hamstrung by the ongoing […]
At NIH, a power struggle over institute directorships deepens
The research agency has 27 institute and center directors. Will those roles become politicized? When a new presidential administration comes […]
Appeals court agrees that Congress blocked cuts to research costs
While indirect rates (the money paid for indirects as a percentage of the grant’s value) average about 30 percent, many […]
Lawsuit over Trump rejecting medical research grants is settled
Skip to content Settlement forces NIH to review grants previously rejected on ideological grounds. On Monday, the ACLU announced that […]
An NIH director joins MAHA, gets replaced by JD Vance’s close friend
The director of a federal health institute that has arguably produced two of the most controversial government studies in recent […]
Deeply divided Supreme Court lets NIH grant terminations continue
The dissents The primary dissent was written by Chief Justice Roberts, and joined in part by the three Democratic appointees, […]
$15 billion in NIH funding frozen, then thawed Tuesday in ongoing power war
A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the funding pause to journalists. US Senator Patty Murray […]