Fired NIH workers lost their ‘dream job.’ Due to a Kafkaesque appeals process and slim private-sector offerings, their futures may be in jeopardy, too
We are risking an entire generation of medical professionals, researchers, and scientists … and it's a future disaster ...
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HHS makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
HHS is one of the government’s costliest federal ... Last year, he promised to immediately clear out all 600 employees at the NIH, the nation’s biomedical research arm. He has not gone that ...
RFK Jr. Is About to Ax Some of the World’s Best Scientists at NIH
Donald Trump’s hiring freeze is leading Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and HHS to not renew contracts for some of the nation’s ...
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NIH Move to Centralize Peer Review Worries Some Experts
According to the release, the NIH's proposal to centralize peer review is "under review with implementation pending external ...
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HHS Employees Offered as Much as $25,000 to Leave Jobs
HealthDay News — In a sweeping effort to downsize the federal workforce, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has offered buyouts of up to $25,000 to many of its 80,000 employees.
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NIH faces renewed DOGE directive to cut staff, putting thousands in line for RIFs
The Elon Musk-backed group is calling the shots even after President Trump’s edict that they let individual agencies take the ...
NIH reels with fear, uncertainty about future of scientific research
The Trump administration’s orders have created more turmoil and damage at the National Institutes of Health than was ...
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HHS Abandons Public Comment Practices Under the Richardson Waiver
On March 3, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., officially announced the rescission of ...