Deaf students had a path to science careers — until their federal grants ended
Growing up, Sara Blick-Nitko says she “didn’t see role models” who were deaf working in science. Now she tells students—here, on stage with an American…
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As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers
Adelaide Tovar, a postdoctoral geneticist at the University of Michigan, prepares cell samples in a science laboratory on campus. Tovar is one of about 200…
In a reversal, the Trump administration restores funding for women’s health study
The Department of Health and Humans Services changed course and will continue funding for the Women’s Health Initiative. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption…
NIH autism study will pull from private medical records
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya (right), accompanied by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (left) and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary (center), speaks during a news conference…
White House orders NIH to research trans ‘regret’ and ‘detransition’
The Trump administration has directed the NIH to study the physical and mental health effects of gender transitioning. The treatments can include taking hormones such…
Transfer to Alaska? Offer to health leaders called ‘insult’ to Indian Health Service
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Wellness Center is an Indian Health Service facility in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. This picture was taken in 2021, when…
Top scientists warn that Trump policies are causing a ‘climate of fear’ in research
A lab manager in the molecular diagnostic lab prepares milk samples for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.,…
Trump’s nominee to run NIH faces Senate scrutiny
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University professor, is President Trump’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health. Taylor Hill/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption…
Legendary former NIH director retires from embattled agency
Dr. Francis Collins, who led the National Institutes of Health for more than a decade and continued his career at the agency after he stepped…
Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump’s cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state
Bri McNulty pictured when she was in Atlanta for training in the CDC’s Public Health Associate Program. She and all other members of the competitive…