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Trump’s next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science
Skip to content Congress rejected huge cuts to science in 2026, but Trump is trying again. Russell Vought, director of […]
RFK Jr. has destroyed over a quarter of health dept’s expert panels
Among the terminated advisory committees was the NIH Center for Scientific Review Advisory Council, which was established in 1988. The […]
NIH director launches “Scientific Freedom” lectures with non-scientist
On Tuesday, word spread that the National Institutes of Health was launching a series of what it’s calling “Scientific Freedom […]
Americans trust Fauci over RFK Jr. and career scientists over Trump officials
Anti-vaccine activist and current Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has worked hard to villainize infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, […]
Controversial NIH director now in charge of CDC, too, in RFK Jr. shake-up
Insiders report that, as NIH director, Bhattacharya delegates most of his responsibilities for running the $47 billion agency to two […]
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 […]