October 16, 2026 · Public Services, Science & Humanitarian Impact

Well supported

NIH Hospital Board Unanimously Rebukes RFK Jr. Over Vaccine Injury Clinic

The board overseeing the NIH Clinical Center voted unanimously on October 16, 2026, to support a statement by chairman Jack Leslie accusing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of undermining trust in science and...

September 3, 2026 · Public Services, Science & Humanitarian Impact

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Pentagon and NIH Signed a Biodefense Agreement That Democrats Say Could Move Billions Out of Infectious-Disease Research

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the senior Democrat on House Appropriations, disclosed on September 3, 2026 that the Defense Department and the National Institutes of Health had signed an interagency agreement giving the Pentagon...

June 16, 2025 · Public Services, Science & Humanitarian Impact

Confirmed

Judge Voids Hundreds of NIH Grant Terminations, Saying He Had Never Seen Discrimination So Palpable

On June 16, 2025, U.S. District Judge William Young of Massachusetts ruled that the National Institutes of Health's mass termination of research grants was unlawful under the Administrative Procedure Act and ordered the...