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The NIH says it's focused on whole-virus vaccines. What are they?

The Trump administration said it was terminating mRNA vaccine research and shifting focus to other approaches, including a ...

NIH director lays out agency’s research and funding priorities in new strategy statement

US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Friday released a statement outlining a “unified strategy” ...
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HHS terminates NIH program aimed at diversifying biomedical workforce

HHS is terminating a National Institutes of Health grant program that supports students from marginalized backgrounds in the ...
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CIO’s exit highlights NIH’s ongoing problems with IT organization

Adele Merritt is leaving NIH after only nine months and taking a job with the University of Maryland’s applied research lab.
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NIH Director Orders Review of All Current, Planned Research

NIH director Jay Bhattacharya said that among other priorities, the agency will focus on artificial intelligence and ...
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NIH Reports Phantom Limb Study Rewires Our Understanding of the Brain

August 23, 2025 – National Institutes of Health (NIH) released the following: ...
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HHS to decertify unions at CDC, FDA and NIH

HHS announced Aug. 22 it plans to decertify union representation in several agencies, which would affect thousands of agency employees, according to the American Federation of Government Employees. ...

NIH plans heat up animal testing debate

The health agencies have not shied away from the issue or from animal rights groups. Among the first policies that the NIH ...