US health agencies postpone rare diseases event in an unusual move
A two-day meeting aimed at raising awareness among policymakers and public about rare diseases scheduled for the end of the ...
Trump’s team is using Project 2025 as a blueprint to make changes to federal health programs
During his presidential campaign, President Donald Trump distanced himself from the conservative governing plan after Democratic attacks. But now it’s increasingly viewed as a blueprint for his ...
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Waste of the Day: Taxpayer-Funded Cancer Drug Costs Almost $200,000
Topline: Taxpayers spent $74.5 million to help develop the prostate cancer-fighting drug Xtandi, but its sky-high sticker ...
National Institutes of Health employee on ‘chilling effects’ of Trump’s health agency purge
National Institutes of Health Fellows United Recording Secretary Matt Brown joins The Weekend as the Trump administration ...
Trump cuts target next generation of scientists and public health leaders
A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out ...
Hundreds rally against firing of federal workers, emphasizing threats to public health
Hundreds of current and former federal employees rallied Wednesday outside the Department of Health and Human Services ...
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More than 1000 NIH employees terminated in latest round of federal layoffs
The National Institutes of Health, headquartered in Bethesda, has lost more than 1,000 employees in another round of federal worker firings. Similar to other federal layoffs the nation has seen in ...
Claudia Weicker: I am alive because of NIH research. The life they save may also be yours.
It is exactly 28 years since I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.  At the time, I had a 50—50 probability of living ...