It's not yet clear why the NIH reversed course, but the judge's orders likely played a major role. The NIH and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have not yet commented.

Dissent NIH scientists publish “Bethesda Declaration” rebuking Trump admin The letter is modeled after the NIH director's controversial "Great Barrington Declaration." ...

Scientists warn Trump cuts to NIH funding could cost lives 08:12 June 29, 2025, 3:00 AM PDT ...

More than 90 NIH scientists signed their names to the “Bethesda Declaration” in protest of Trump administration policies they say are harming people’s health.

Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the ...

Nevertheless, respectful dissent in science is productive. We all want the NIH to succeed.” The NIH’s nearly $48 billion budget makes it the world’s largest public funder of scientific research.

The NIH has canceled $9.5 billion worth of funding through 2,100 research grants since January and another $2.6 billion in contracts supporting clinical trials, according to a recent letter signed ...

NIH officials have tried to voice their concerns in other ways. At internal meetings, leaders of the agency’s institutes and centers have questioned major grant-making policy shifts.

Studying health disparities isn’t about promoting one group over another. Figuring out when, and for whom, things aren’t working is routine science.

Jenna Norton, who works at the NIH as a researcher, poses for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press in Bethesda, Md., Friday, June 6, 2025.

By slashing nearly one-fourth of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) discretionary budget, the Trump administration’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget signals a dramatic retreat ...