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The fallout from Trump’s attack on Harvard is rippling through clinics, labs, and research centers across the country
The purging of federal research grants to Harvard imperils hundreds of collaborative projects in more than 30 states.
Trump administration’s ‘war on HIV’ funding takes toll, scientists and advocates say
Mathematical models indicate that the worst-case scenario of the Trump administration’s HIV-related cuts could result in 3 ...
How to Wreck the Nation’s
The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s ...
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BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. Here's a better way to measure weight
When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate, but authors of a new study say a different ...
RFK Jr.’s made promises about vaccines. Here’s what he’s done as health secretary
During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I ...
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Exclusive: NIH still screens grants in process a judge ruled illegal
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has not yet rescinded directives that led to the cancellation of more than 2,400 ...
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After Her Grants Got Cut, This Researcher Is Suing The NIH
Katie Edwards has lost millions of dollars in grant money, bringing her research to a standstill. She’s taking the fight to ...
Eric Green was the first institute director forced out of NIH. He still hasn’t been told why.
In his first public comments since being forced out after leading the National Human Genome Research Institute for nearly 16 ...
NIH stops canceling research grants following court ruling
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped canceling biomedical research grants after a federal judge said hundreds ...
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NIH halts grant terminations ‘effective immediately,’ email says
Days after a federal judge ordered the restoration of more than 1,000 biomedical research grants, the National Institutes of Health is halting further terminations of grants, an internal email shows.
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Judge overturns NSF’s 15% cap on indirect costs of research
A federal judge on June 20 rejected the National Science Foundation’s move to cap indirect costs related to its research grants at 15%, following similar decisions by other courts. Most universities ...