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Several hundred NIH employees sign a letter of protest to the agency’s director
Several hundred NIH employees signed on to a letter rebuking agency actions since the start of President Trump's second term ...
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2,300 Scientists Decry NIH’s Political Purge
Critics condemn NIH funding cuts, warning they harm marginalized communities and undermine life-saving research. The Bethesda ...
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Mass layoffs hit workers at HHS; sweeping cuts extend to CDC, NIH, FDA: Recap
Mass layoffs began Tuesday at the Centers for Disease ... with all of its communications staff being put on administrative leave, one NIH official who works on the program told USA TODAY.
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300-plus NIH staffers demand director to reverse funding and workforce cuts
Hundreds of current and former staffers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are urging agency director Jay ...
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Mass. life sciences sector to add thousands of jobs amid worry of 'brain drain'
Even though the growth of Massachusetts' life sciences industry has slowed down and faces looming federal funding challenges, ...
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Massachusetts life science job growth stagnates in 2024
The new data shows there were some 143,000 life science jobs in 2024, an increase of just 0.03% from 2023, according to the ...
Safety stand-down still in effect at IRF-Frederick, NIH says; no clear timeline for reopening
Research activity at a lab on the Fort Detrick campus in Frederick remains on pause a month after federal officials implemented a “safety stand-down” there, the National Institutes of Health has ...