A federal judge ruled the Trump admin’s $1 billion NIH grant cuts illegal, citing racial discrimination, and ordered funding restored for vaccine, maternal health, and gender identity research.

The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.

NIH Walkout. About 30 minutes ... "Making scientific leaders at NIH political appointees, ... told STAT that no president has tried to hold such influence over grant-making federal employees before.

July has been a month of shake-ups for the NIH, with advisory council scientists dismissed, the Advisory Committee to the ...

Scientists conducting medical research are facing an existential crisis: Layoffs and budget cuts pushed by President Trump ...

60 NIH employees blast NIH leadership — including Health Secretary RFK Jr. — of allowing political interference to override science.

NIH is the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research and has long enjoyed bipartisan support from U.S. lawmakers. The Trump administration has proposed cutting $18 billion, or 40% ...

Jenna Norton ,who works as a researcher at the NIH, poses for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press in Bethesda, Md., Friday, June 6, 2025.

A federal judge in Boston ordered the National Institutes of Health to restore billions of federal research dollars terminated in recent months by the Trump administration. Judge William Young ...

This photo obtained by The Associated Press shows cardboard tombstones symbolizing canceled research grants at the NIH Visitors Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, on June 7, 2025.

Officials say the policy, which would make it easier to fire thousands of government employees, is designed to increase accountability. But experts say it would increase corruption and threaten the ...

NIH Revolts: Scientists Decry Budget Cuts, RFK Jr. Political Interference, Warn Of Long-Term Public Health Damage Vandana Singh Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 10:30 PM 3 min read ...