President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental ...

National Institutes of Health director Jay Bhattacharya didn't aggressively push back and defend Trump administration budget ...

More than 300 NIH employees criticized their director, Jay Bhattacharya, in the letter published Monday.

Civil servants usually keep a low profile. These NIH employees are putting themselves at risk by calling out the Trump ...

Critics condemn NIH funding cuts, warning they harm marginalized communities and undermine life-saving research. The Bethesda ...

Jayanta Bhattacharya says the US biomedical agency can’t continue ‘business as usual’ if it wants to restore its reputation.

Sixty-six current and 23 recently-terminated staff at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), along with 253 anonymous ...

Twenty-seven minutes into a town hall with staff last week, US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya acknowledged that he was going to get into uncomfortable territory.

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya expressed optimism in settling the suspension of research grants with universities. This comes amid criticism of the Trump administration's spending cuts, which have ...

The agency faced heavy criticism, which especially targeted ... Kennedy has also called for the firing of hundreds of NIH staff members, a task that will be difficult without congressional action.

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dozens of staff at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) walked out of a recent town hall meeting after Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya suggested ...

In response to CNN’s request for comment, a spokesman for HHS said, “at Monday’s town hall, the NIH Director addressed staff openly and took unscripted questions from the audience.