In May 2025, the White House proposed reducing the budget of the National Institutes of Health by roughly 40%—from about US$48 billion to $27 billion. Such a move would return NIH funding to levels ...

Over the last several months, a deep sense of unease has settled over laboratories across the United States. Researchers at every stage — from graduate students to senior faculty — have been forced to ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee has voted for a $400 million increase in the NIH budget. Pictured here are committee Vice Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Mitch ...

The White House released a more detailed budget proposal on Friday that yields more information on how the Trump administration is aiming to reshape the HHS next year, including drastic cuts to the ...

Buck is the executive director of the Good Science Project. The National Institutes of Health commands nearly $50 billion annually — more than the gross domestic product of many nations — and its ...

Rory de Vries, an associate professor of virology in the Netherlands, was lifting weights at the gym when he noticed a WhatsApp message from his research partners at Columbia University, telling him ...

The NIH is a node in an interconnected system producing health and medical advances. Anchalee Phanmaha/Moment via Getty Images Congress is now tasked with finalizing the budget ahead of the new fiscal ...