On CNN’s State of the Union Sunday, White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought launched a scathing critique of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), charging that the agency “does nothing more than DEI research.” Vought argued that while the world faced a deadly pandemic, NIH leadership engaged in mismanaged science that helped create risks rather than solving them.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it has terminated gain-of-function research in line with President Donald Trump's May executive order on the subject.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a review of clinical trials involving "hostile countries," declaring that projects involving Americans' living cells are paused.
Judge William Young, a Ronald Reagan-nominated judge, accused the Trump administration of discrimination after it moved to cut National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants.
Scientists with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a letter called the Bethesda Declaration criticizing agency cuts directed by the Trump administration.
The Trump administration is taking steps to shine a long-overdue spotlight on the risks and long-term consequences associated with gender transitions, particularly among children.