A group of scientists and health groups sued the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday, arguing that an “ideological purge” of research funding is illegal and threatens medical cures.

The layoffs are stalling — and perhaps ending — many programs, including a firefighter cancer registry and a lab that is key ...

A coalition of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cut $11 billion in ...

Thousands of people responsible for tracking health trends and disease outbreaks, conducting and funding medical research, monitoring the safety of food and medicine, and administ ...

This approach is similar to how the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which attempts to fund bold and innovative research, makes funding decisions. But, there are also biases in who is funded by ...

Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.

Trapped victims are more likely to survive if they are in a debris-free pocket that prevents major injury while they await ...

Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end ...

It may seem unusual to discuss future fertility when a family is reeling from the diagnosis of a child’s cancer. But 85% of children with cancer now survive to adulthood and about 1 in 3 are left ...

The layoffs are expected to eliminate nearly a quarter of HHS staff — 10,000 jobs through layoffs and another 10,000 workers who took early retirement and buyouts.

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