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Uncertainty around NIH funding leaves Alzheimer’s studies at Stanford and other universities in limbo
When the NIH canceled grants in March related to diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, some Alzheimer’s studies were swept ...
Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.’s NIH slashed science funding across states that backed Trump
The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost ...
Health agencies "not creating an autism registry," official says, contradicting NIH director
"We are not creating an autism registry," a Department of Health and Human Services official said in a statement.
Will there be an autism registry? What we know after NIH drops plans for vast data platform
An HSS official told USA TODAY that the department is not creating an autism registry, but is pursuing the real-world data ...
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How possible NIH cuts could threaten future treatment for neurological diseases
A directive in January from the National Institutes of Health aimed to reduce funding for many of the essential costs that ...
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NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles
The NIH has scaled back its awards of new grants by at least $2.3 billion since the beginning of the year, a STAT analysis ...
HHS says no registry planned to track autism after NIH director's claim
The Department of Health and Human Services denied rumors of creating an autism registry, citing plans for a data platform to ...
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NIH announces six new acting institute directors, many of them filling posts of ousted predecessors
The NIH announced six acting directors to run institutes, many to fill vacancies created by the ouster of predecessors ...
NIH Gets Institute, Center Acting Directors After Mass Layoffs
The National Institutes of Health selected new acting directors for six of its institutes and centers after the Trump ...
Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health
"This is not just an attack on the LGBTQ community — it is a blow to the integrity of science and the health of every ...
NIH moving to ban grants to universities with DEI programs, Israeli boycotts
The National Institutes of Health says it will pull medical research funding from universities with diversity and inclusion ...
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Colleges Must Eliminate DEI Programs to Receive Research Funding, NIH Says
The agency did not define what it meant by DEI efforts, leaving institutions to try to interpret whether their programs are ...