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The New York Times · 3d

Trump’s Budget Calls for Deep Cuts to Public Health Programs and Research

A budget blueprint released on Friday advances, in hard numbers and biting words, President Trump’s assault on the nation’s universities and scientific research enterprise.
CBS News on MSN.com · 8d

Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations

Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears aggressive downsizing could impact Americans' health.
USA TODAY on MSN.com · 5d

Exclusive: Trump administration banned chosen names at FDA, CDC, NIH under new gender policy

Health and Human Services employees were told in March to remove 'nicknames' from email systems and signatures to comply with Trump order on gender.
Inside Higher Ed · 4d

NIH Speeds Up Implementation of New Public Access Policy

Public Access Policy was set to take effect Dec. 31, 2025, but will now take effect July 1 of this year. It updates the 2008 Public Access Policy, which allowed for a 12-month delay before research articles were required to be made publicly available.
Icon for www.usnews.comU.S. News & World Report · 22d

Analysis-Trump Health Policy Uncertainty Sends Biotech Sector Into Deeper Slump

Analysis-Trump Health Policy Uncertainty Sends Biotech Sector ... Donald Trump's administration to freeze grant funding from the National Institutes of Health may also discourage future talent ...
Roll Call on MSN.com · 3d

At HHS, proposed cuts to medical research and public health programs

The White House on Friday proposed a fiscal 2026 HHS budget that backs the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda of President Donald Trump.
NBC Montana · 11h

UM, MSU could be impacted by new National Science Foundation policy

The National Science Foundation is implementing a new policy capping indirect cost rates at 15% for all new grants and cooperative agreements awarded to institu
The Associated Press on MSN.com · 4d

Trump’s health agency urges therapy for transgender youth, not broader gender-affirming health care

The administration’s position released Thursday sprang from Trump’s executive order calling for the federal government not to support gender transition for people under age 19.
Icon for www.washingtonpost.comThe Washington Post · 20d

Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts

National Institutes of Health staffers who specialize in managing ... chief medical adviser at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington, D.C., think tank. “These are the efforts that try ...
Education Week · 5d

Trump Ends $1 Billion in Mental Health Grants for Schools

The U.S. Department of Education will stop funding roughly $1 billion in grants that were meant to boost the ranks and training of mental health professionals who work in schools, saying the grant awards made under the Biden administration now conflict with Trump administration priorities.
Icon for www.healthleadersmedia.comHealthLeaders Media · 18d

COVID Worsened Shortages of Doctors and Nurses. Five Years On, Rural Hospitals Still Struggle.

KFF Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The clinician shortage could have lasting effects on care, particularly ...
Icon for www.beckersasc.comBecker's ASC · 4d

CRNA group honors New Hampshire congressperson

Established in 1992, the award is bestowed to individuals working in the federal government on national health policy issues, according to a May 1 news release. Mr. Pappas, who has represented New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District since 2019 ...
Icon for www.statnews.comSTAT · 27d

National public health group calls for RFK Jr. to resign, citing ‘complete disregard for science’

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. A national public health organization is calling for Health Secretary Robert F.
Icon for www.cnn.comCNN · Apr 6, 2025

‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts

The 1,300-person National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, was established in 1970 to ensure “every man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and ...
Icon for www.nytimes.comThe New York Times · 19d

How Is Climate Change Harming Health? Studying That Just Got Harder.

The work has relied largely on hundreds of millions of dollars in grants from the National Institutes of Health, a federal ... that it was the agency’s new policy “not to prioritize ...
Icon for yaledailynews.comYale Daily News · 20d

Yale faculty support national coalition aiming to defend public health from political threats

Amid recent political threats to evidence-based health policy, Greg Gonsalves, professor at the School of Public Health, launched Defend Public Health, a national coalition aimed at protecting science-based health programs and institutions. Defend public ...
Icon for medicalxpress.comMedical Xpress · 7d

Wake-up call: Urgent action needed to tackle Australia's sleep health issues

the issue continues to be overlooked in national health policy. With up to 40% of Australians getting insufficient sleep, 10% living with chronic insomnia, and around 15% potentially affected by ...
Icon for www.morningstar.comMorningstar · 5d

AANA Presents U.S. Representative Chris Pappas With National Health Leadership Award

The National Health Leadership Award was established ... made a significant contribution to the formation of national health policy. The award recognizes support for the vital role that Certified ...
Icon for www.morningstar.comMorningstar · 5d

AANA Presents U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis With National Health Leadership Award

The National Health Leadership Award was established ... made a significant contribution to the formation of national health policy. The award recognizes support for the vital role that Certified ...
Icon for www.brecorder.comBusiness Recorder · 11d

Govt, Nadra preparing national health system

ISLAMABAD: The federal government in collaboration with National Database and ... proposals concerning healthcare policy, medical regulation, and mental health reform. After a detailed discussion ...
The Hill on MSN.com · 13d

Don’t let funding issues put women’s health on the back burner

NIH undergoes fundamental changes to align scientific resources to public health needs, women’s health needs must not continue to be overlooked.
STAT · 3d

Overseas grants could be ‘closed down’ by NIH under new policy, internal email suggests

A NIH policy change on funding of foreign scientists is far more sweeping than described in a Thursday announcement
The Washington Post on MSN.com · 6d

How public health has been upended in Trump’s first 100 days

More than 20,000 jobs were eliminated, billions of dollars in scientific research has been threatened or paused, and a budget draft proposes a major restructuring of Health and Human Services.
CBS News on MSN.com · 8d

How cuts at the National Institutes of Health could impact Americans' health

Cuts and layoffs to the National Institutes of Health threaten medical research around the U.S., agency insiders warn.
Icon for www.zawya.comZawya · 25d

Oman launches new National Health Policy

Muscat – The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Wednesday launched the National Health Policy (NHP), marking a major step in advancing the sultanate’s healthcare system and aligning health priorities with Oman Vision 2040. NHP was launched under the patronage ...
The American Journal of Managed Care · 4d

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: Economic Costs, Threats to Access, and the Impact of Policy Changes

During National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, the high prevalence and costs of allergies and asthma in the US are evident, alongside disparities in treatment access and the potential impact of recent policy changes on environmental and public health efforts.