President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken.” ...

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.

Hundreds of scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a call for action they dubbed the Bethesda Declaration on Monday to push back against cutbacks and changes at the ...

NIH’s SMaHT Network will chart trillions of somatic mutations to reveal how our DNA changes over a lifetime. In a nutshell ...

The National Institute of Health, begun by President Franklin Roosevelt in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1940, is now the world’s largest public source of funds for bio-medical research. 171 scientists who ...

BETHESDA, Md. (7News) — Earlier this month, the U.S. Navy shut down all experiments on cats and dogs. Days before the National Institute of Health (NIH) shut down its last beagle experiment.

In a letter to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya on Monday, NIH workers said they felt “compelled to speak up" about research ...

Jay Bhattacharya, the the agency’s director, has made a point of welcoming dissent. A letter from his officials will test ...

Over 300 researchers from the National Institutes of Health have published a letter rebuking its ... They titled the letter "The Bethesda Declaration," named after the NIH's location in Maryland.

People attend a rally, led by Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, outside the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on May 10, 2025. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images ...

Big Beautiful Bill' proposes cuts for National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation, threatening valuable scientific research in Georgia and nationwide.

Jenna Norton, an employee at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, sits for a portrait in Bethesda, Maryland, June 8, 2025. Photo by Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters ...