The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, announced that she will step down Friday, 14 ...

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The current director of the National Institutes of Health, Monica M. Bertagnolli, M ...

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

President Trump has imposed temporary freezes at the National Institutes of Health on meetings, travel, communications and hiring, citing the need to review protocols.

The Trump administration’s freeze on communications from U.S. health agencies is leading to another disruption: the abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings. The move covers a swath of health ...

The halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.

A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of ...

U.S. health agencies including the CDC this week canceled meetings with external groups, paused some public health publications and told employees to freeze travel after directives from the Department ...

Agencies subject to the Department of Health and Human Services directive include the CDC, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has paused public communications until Feb. 1 as Trump appointees take control of health agencies.

In a memo obtained by NPR, acting Health Secretary Dorothy Fink forbade staff from public communications on most matters ...