House and Senate appropriators endorse NIH budget increase, reject Trump’s proposed cuts

Congressional appropriations committees offered a near-total rebuke of President Trump’s proposed downsizing and reshaping of the NIH

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Anthony Letai of Dana-Farber is front-runner to lead National Cancer Institute

A popular and respected scientist is reported to be in line to lead the nation's most important cancer research office.

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Fifty cancer types in one liquid biopsy test: Exact Sciences enters early-detection market

A new liquid biopsy test from Exact Sciences scans for 50 cancers in one blood sample. The company says it marks a new era in early detection, but there are caveats.

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Despite fear of retaliation, hundreds of federal workers urge Congress to protect medicine and science

Federal workers send Congress a letter pleading for help, but their trouble attracting signatures reflects fear of retaliation.

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Kennedy, in striking turn, accuses ousted CDC director of lying about leadup to her firing

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday said ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez was lying about the leadup to her firing.

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Now, even Senate Republicans are pushing back on Kennedy’s vaccine views

Three Republican senators joined Democrats in questioning Kennedy’s contradictory statements on mRNA vaccines and Operation Warp Speed.

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Layers of political oversight have ‘put sand in the gears’ of NIH grant funding

Last November, in the days following Donald Trump’s election, leaders at the National Institutes of Health began discussing how to prepare for the coming

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NIH is shrinking the number of research projects it funds due to a new Trump policy

NIH plans to shrink the share of grant applications it will award for the remainder of the fiscal year, in some cases by more than half.

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How Republicans sidelined the health care industry and pushed through historic Medicaid cuts

The passage of President Trump's signature tax cut bill shows how the health care industry's influence is waning.

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White House unveils sweeping plan to try to lower U.S. drug prices

The White House unveiled a sweeping plan to try to lower prescription drug prices, one that calls for a "most-favored nation" policy and tighter enforcement of anti-competitive practices.

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Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health

STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.

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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 shows.

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Supreme Court to hear challenge to ACA rule requiring free preventive care, cancer screenings

The Supreme Court will hear a challenge of preventive health care coverage mandated by the Affordable Care Act. The ruling could affect millions of Americans.

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5 high-level CDC officials are leaving in the latest turmoil for the public health agency

The CDC was rocked by five high-level departures on Tuesday in the latest turmoil for the nation's top public health agency.

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NIH cuts halt 24-year program to prevent HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults

NIH terminated grants for a program studying how to diagnose, treat, and prevent HIV and AIDS in adolescents and young adults.

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Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump

Cancer research has had bipartisan support. But Trump administration budget cuts and delays threaten to reverse progress of recent years, experts say.

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Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump

Cancer research has had bipartisan support. But Trump administration budget cuts and delays threaten to reverse progress of recent years, experts say.

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Former NIH director Francis Collins, once beloved in Washington, now worries for his safety there

Former NIH director Francis Collins is so concerned for his personal safety that he has hired security at his home

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Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments

A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing NIH payments for research overhead

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NIH terminates ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ research

Saying that "research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific," the agency wrote to scientists to cancel current grants.

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NIH terminates ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ research

Saying that "research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific," the agency wrote to scientists to cancel current grants.

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Trump administration rehires some FDA employees it fired

The Trump administration has started quietly rehiring some FDA employees just days after it fired them.

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‘Enjoy your life after governor’: Trump and Maine’s governor spar at the White House over transgender athletes - The Boston Globe

“We’re going to follow the law, sir,” Governor Janet Mills told Trump.

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Mass layoffs leave federal employees with disabilities in the lurch

Disabled workers on a two-year probation were especially vulnerable during the Trump administration's mass firings.

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Graduate student admissions paused and cut back as universities react to Trump orders on research

In response to Trump science policies, universities are accepting fewer graduate students than normal and freezing positions, STAT has learned.

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Graduate student admissions paused and cut back as universities react to Trump orders on research

In response to Trump science policies, universities are accepting fewer graduate students than normal and freezing positions, STAT has learned.

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Dr. Oz plans to sell insurance, hospital, and pharma stocks, step down from supplement company if confirmed

Dr. Oz's assets range from a tree trimming company to a cattle farm to UnitedHealth stock, and they're worth up to $293 million.

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The lasting human impact of Trump funding freeze: An 86-year-old's ride to dialysis now feels tenuous

The uncertainty around the spending freeze was an epiphany for some, a realization of how omnipresent government services are

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